Commissioner of Police (India)

Commissioners of Police (also known as Police Commissioners) in India are IPS officers 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 Government of India).

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju inspecting the guard of honour, accompanied by CP Delhi, B.S. Bassi, in 2014.

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 (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.^[1]

Commissionerates

A Police Commissionerate's jurisdiction can consist of several adjoining districts. The Hyderabad City Police commissionerate since 1847 AD, established in the erstwhile Hyderabad State by the Nizams is an oldest police commissionerate in India.^[2][3] The British India government brought the CP system first to Kolkata and Chennai in 1856, and followed it in Mumbai in 1864.^[4][5][6]

Commissioners of Police

Commissioners of Police in India are IPS officers 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 Government of India).

List of Commissioners of Police

Following is the list of Commissioners of Police (CP) in India, along with their respective ranks (these ranks can vary from time to time):-

Andhra Pradesh Police

See also: Vijayawada City Police and Visakhapatnam City Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[7]
Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[8]

Assam Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Guwahati	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[9]

Delhi Police

 

Delhi Police Headquarters, which serves as office of Delhi Police Commissioner

Main article: Police Commissioner of Delhi

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Delhi	Director General of Police (DGP)^[a]	^[10]

Gujarat Police

See also: Ahmedabad City Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[11]
Commissioner of Police, Surat	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[12]
Commissioner of Police, Rajkot	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[13]
Commissioner of Police, Vadodara	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[14]

Haryana Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Gurugram	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[15]
Commissioner of Police, Faridabad	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[16]
Commissioner of Police, Panchkula	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[17]

Karnataka Police

See also: Police Commissioner of Bangalore

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[18]^[19]
Commissioner of Police, Belagavi	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[20]
Commissioner of Police, Hubballi-Dharwad	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[21]
Commissioner of Police, Kalaburagi	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[22]
Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[23]
Commissioner of Police, Mysuru	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[24]

Kerala Police

See also: Kochi City Police, Thiruvananthapuram City Police, Thrissur City Police, and Kollam City Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Thiruvananthapuram	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[25]
Commissioner of Police, Kochi	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[26]
Commissioner of Police, Kozhikode	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[27]
Commissioner of Police, Kollam City	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[28]
Commissioner of Police, Thrissur City	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[29]
Commissioner of Police, Kannur City	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[30]

Madhya Pradesh Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Bhopal	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[31]
Commissioner of Police, Indore	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[31]

Maharashtra Police

 

Office of Police Commissioner of Mumbai

See also: Mumbai Police, Nagpur Police, and Pune Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Mumbai	Director General of Police (DG)^[b]	^[33]
Commissioner of Police, Pune	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[34]
Commissioner of Police, Nagpur	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[35]
Commissioner of Police, Thane	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[36]
Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[37]
Commissioner of Police, Nashik	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[38]
Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[39]
Commissioner of Police, Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar (MBVV)	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[40]
Commissioner of Police, Pimpri-Chinchwad	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[41]
Commissioner of Police, Solapur	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[42]
Commissioner of Police, Amravati	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[43]
Commissioner of Police, Railways, Mumbai	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[44]

Nagaland Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Dimapur	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[45]

Odisha Police

 

Office of CP of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack decorated for Independence Day, 2018

Main article: Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[46]

Punjab Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Amritsar	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[47]
Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[48]
Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[49]

Rajasthan Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Jaipur	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[50]
Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[51]

Tamil Nadu Police

See also: Greater Chennai Police and Coimbatore City Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Chennai	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[52]
Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[53]
Commissioner of Police, Madurai	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[54]
Commissioner of Police, Salem	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[55]
Commissioner of Police, Tiruppur	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[56]
Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[22]
Commissioner of Police, Tiruchirappalli	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[57]
Commissioner of Police, Avadi	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[58]
Commissioner of Police, Tambaram	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[58]

Telangana Police

 

Police Commissionerate, Hyderabad City

See also: Cyberabad Metropolitan Police, Hyderabad City Police, Karimnagar Police Commissionerate, Nizamabad Police, Rachakonda commissionerate, Ramagundam Police Commissionerate, Siddipet Police Commissionerate, and Warangal Police Commissionerate

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[59]
Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[60]
Commissioner of Police, Karimnagar	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[61]
Commissioner of Police, Nizamabad	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[62]
Commissioner of Police, Khammam	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[63]
Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[64]
Commissioner of Police, Ramagundam	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[65]
Commissioner of Police, Siddipet	Superintendent of Police (SP)	^[66]
Commissioner of Police, Warangal	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[67]

Uttar Pradesh Police

See also: Lucknow Police, Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate, Varanasi Police Commissionerate, Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissionerate, Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate, Agra Police Commissionerate, and Prayagraj Police Commissionerate

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Lucknow	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[68]
Commissioner of Police, Kanpur	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[69]
Commissioner of Police, Agra	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[70]
Commissioner of Police, Gautam Buddha Nagar	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[71]
Commissioner of Police, Ghaziabad	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[72]
Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[73]
Commissioner of Police, Varanasi	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[74]

West Bengal Police

See also: Kolkata Police

Post	Rank	Reference
Commissioner of Police, Asansol-Durgapur	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[75]
Commissioner of Police, Siliguri	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[76]
Commissioner of Police, Kolkata	Additional Director General of Police (ADG)	^[77]
Commissioner of Police, Howrah	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[78]
Commissioner of Police, Chandannagar	Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)	^[79]
Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[80]
Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore	Inspector General of Police (IG)	^[81]

States and UTs without CP

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

States

• Arunachal Pradesh Police
• Bihar Police
• Chhattisgarh Police
• Goa Police
• Himachal Pradesh Police
• Jharkhand Police
• Manipur Police
• Meghalaya Police
• Mizoram Police
• Sikkim Police
• Tripura Police
• Uttarakhand Police

Among the 10 most populous states of India, only Bihar (3rd most populous) does not have CP system in any of its cities.

Union Territories

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police
• Chandigarh Police
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police
• Jammu and Kashmir Police
• Ladakh Police
• Lakshadweep Police
• Puducherry Police

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.^[82]

Notes

1. The Delhi Police Commissioner, a Director General (DG) rank officer, is the head of Delhi Police. This is the only case in India where a CP (Commissioner of Police) heads the police force of the whole state/UT.
2. The posts of Commissioner of Police (CP) of Mumbai and of DGP (DG Police i.e. state police chief) of Maharashtra are held by two different officers, both of whom are of Director General (DG) rank. The Mumbai CP is one of the few CPs in the country who does not report to the state DGP. Both Mumbai CP and Maharashtra DGP report to ACS (Additional Chief Secretary) of Home Department of Maharashtra, who is a senior IAS officer.^[32][33]

See also

• Director General of Police
• District Magistrate
• Divisional Commissioner
• Law enforcement in India
• Municipal Commissioner
• Police forces of India
• Police ranks and insignia of India

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