Commissioners of Police (also known as Police Commissioners) in India are

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who head the police force in a police commissionerate. A police commissionerate can combine several adjoining districts under it. A Police Commissioner holds higher executive powers than those available to a Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) as in-charge of the police force of a district. Commissioner of Police (CP) is a post that can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above, depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government (or in case of Delhi, by the

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History and description

Traditionally at the district level, the Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) maintains law and order by working with the

District Magistrate A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal reven ...

(DM). Under the Commissioners of Police (CP) system, the magisterial powers of DM are given to the CP and to sanctioned police officers under him/her (e.g., Special/Joint/Additional/Deputy/Assistant CP). For large metropolitan cities, the CP system is generally considered more suitable policing system.

Commissionerates

A commissionerate can combine several adjoining

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

under it. The

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commissionerate since 1847 AD, established in the erstwhile

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by the

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is an oldest police commissionerate in India. The British India government brought the CP system first to Kolkata and Chennai in 1856, and followed it in Mumbai in 1864.

Commissioners of Police

Commissioners of Police in India are

who head the police force in a commissionerate. They hold higher executive powers than those available to a Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) as in-charge of the police force of a district. Commissioner of Police (CP) is a post that can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above, depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government (or in case of Delhi, by the

List of Commissioners of Police

Following is the list of Commissioners of Police (CP) in India, along with their respective ranks:-

Andhra Pradesh Police

Assam Police

Delhi Police The Delhi Police (DP) is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India. In 2015, sanctioned strength of Delhi ...

Gujarat Police

Haryana Police The Haryana Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Haryana, India. Present DGP of Haryana Police is P. K. Agarwal since August 16, 2021. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch. History The Haryana Police were formed when ...

Karnataka Police The Karnataka State Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Karnataka. The department is headed by the Director General and Inspector General of Police. Organization The District Police administration is headed ...

Kerala Police The Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperamen ...

Madhya Pradesh Police

Maharashtra Police

Nagaland Police

Odisha Police The Odisha Police abbreviated as either OP or OPS, is the law enforcement agency for the state of Odisha in India. It is headquartered in Cuttack, the former capital of Odisha. The Odisha Police is headed by a Director General of Police, curren ...

Punjab Police

Rajasthan Police

Tamil Nadu Police Tamil Nadu Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 150 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India.

Telangana Police The Telangana State Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Telangana in India. It has jurisdiction concurrent with the 33 revenue districts of the state. The police force was created from the remnants of the Andhra Pra ...

Uttar Pradesh Police

West Bengal Police

States and UTs without CP

The following police forces in India do not have Police Commissionerate system:-

States

Arunachal Pradesh Police The Arunachal Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Republic of India after all it is a law enforcement agency but it also is involved in anti insurgency operations in the state of Arunachal Prad ...

Bihar Police The Bihar Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Bihar, India, with its headquarters in Patna. It has a sanctioned strength of 111,000 personnel, and as of 2017, employs 77,000 personnel. The annual Budgeted Estimate ...

Chhattisgarh Police The Chhattisgarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Chhattisgarh in India. The agency is administered by the Department of Home Affairs of the Government of Chhattisgarh. The force has specialized units to fight the Naxal ...

Goa Police The Goa Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Goa in India. Organisational structure The Goa Police operates under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Goa. It is headed by the Director General of Po ...

Himachal Pradesh Police The Himachal Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It has one state headquarters at Shimla and 12 district headquarters in the state. History Himachal Pradesh as political entity came into ex ...

Jharkhand Police Jharkhand Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Jharkhand, India. Jharkhand Police was formed in 2000. Jharkhand Police is headed by Director General of Police and headquartered in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Jharkhand police have 4 lev ...

* Manipur Police *

Meghalaya Police The Meghalaya Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Meghalaya in India. It was part of the Assam Police until 1972 when the separate State of Meghalaya was created. Organizational structure The Meghalaya Police is headed by the ...

Mizoram Police The Mizoram Police Force is the law enforcing agency of the state of Mizoram, India. Administration The administrative control of Mizoram Police vests with the Home Minister of Mizoram who holds the portfolio of Home Minister. The supervisio ...

Sikkim Police The Sikkim Police is the law enforcement agency of the government of Sikkim in India. It employs many people to patrol the streets. It is headquartered in the state capital Gangtok. The Sikkim Police are headed by a Director General of Police a ...

Tripura Police Tripura Police is the law enforcement agency of the state of Tripura which organizes and is responsible for policing activities in the state of Tripura, Northeast India. It was formed in the year 1965. Currently V.S. Yadav, IPS is DGP of Tr ...

* Uttarakhand Police Among the 10 most populous states of India, only

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(3rd most populous) does not have CP system in any of its cities.

Union Territories

* Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police *

Chandigarh Police The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters in sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Director General of Police of Chandigarh. ...

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police is the law enforcement agency for the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in India. History Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police was created on 26 January ...

* Jammu and Kashmir Police *

Ladakh Police Ladakh Police is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the Union territory of Ladakh, India. It came into existence on 31 October 2019. History The union territory of Ladakh was formed on 31 October ...

Lakshadweep Police The Lakshadweep Police is the law enforcement agency for the union territory of Lakshadweep, India. Organizational structure Lakshadweep Police comes under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Lakshadweep. The Laks ...

Puducherry Police The Puducherry Police (French: ''Police de Pondichéry'') is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry in India. Origins The Puducherry Police date back to the period of French colonial rul ...

Largest cities without CP

Among the Indian cities having population above 1.5 million (2011 Census), the only city which does not have CP system is

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

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