Bengaluru City Police

The Bengaluru City Police (BCP), formerly Bangalore City Police, is the law-enforcement agency of the South Indian city of Bengaluru. The BCP works under the Karnataka State Police jurisdiction and is headed by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, currently Seemanth Kumar Singh, IPS is the Police Commissioner.^[2]

Bengaluru City Police
Abbreviation	BCP
Motto	We Serve, We Protect
Agency overview
Formed	4 July, 1963
Legal personality	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Operations jurisdiction	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Size	709 km2
Population	8,728,906
Primary governing body	Karnataka Police
Secondary governing body	Government of Karnataka
Constituting instrument	Police Act, 1861
General nature	Federal law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	No.1, Infantry Road, Bengaluru.[1]
Elected Minister responsible	G. Parameshwara, Karnataka State Home Minister
Agency executive	Seemanth Kumar Singh, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City
Parent agency	Karnataka State Police
Child agency	Bangalore City Traffic Police
Facilities
Stations	110
Website
www.bcp.gov.in

The Bengaluru City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols, traffic patrols and striking armed force mobile units. The Bengaluru City Police jurisdiction is divided into seven zones — East, West, North, South, Central, South-East and North-East. Each zone is further divided into three sub-divisions, each headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Each sub-division consists of several police stations controlled by a Police inspector.

The call signs

• . Commissioner of Police - Compol
• . Additional Commissioner of Police, West - Jupiter
• . Additional Commissioner of Police, East - Scorpio
• . Deputy Commissioner of Police - Depcom
• . Assistant Commissioner of Police - Able
• . Police Inspector - Charlie
• . Sub Inspector of Police - Walkie

Other units within the BCP include Traffic Police, City Armed Reserve (CAR), City Special Branch (CSB), City Crime Branch (CCB) and City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB).

Organization

Main article: Commissioner of the Bangalore City Police

The Bangalore City Police is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who holds the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). The Commissioner is assisted by Joint Commissioners of Police and Additional Commissioners for various operational, traffic, and administrative functions.

The city is divided into seven police zones, each led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Each zone is further subdivided into sub-divisions, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Sub-divisions consist of multiple police stations, each managed by a Police Inspector (PI), and is responsible for maintaining law and order, investigating crimes, and managing local policing activities within its jurisdiction.

Police stations are the primary units of law enforcement in Bangalore, each comprising Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables, and Constables. These personnel are responsible for maintaining law and order, conducting investigations, and patrolling within their respective station jurisdictions. There are total 108 local police stations, 42 traffic police stations and 2 women police stations.

Special Units

• City Crime Branch (CCB), responsible for investigation of serious crimes, organised crimes, economic offences, etc. it's headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt. CP) and assisted by two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs).
• Bangalore City Traffic Police, semi autonomous body under BCP, responsible for traffic management and enforcement, headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP).
• City Armed Reserve (CAR), armed reserve police unit of the BCP, responsible for crowd control, managing serious law and order issues, and vip security, escort, etc. it is headed by an Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP) and assisted by three DCPs.
• Command Centre, functions as the central communication and dispatch hub. Headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).

Bengaluru City Police Hoysala Cars

The Bengaluru City Police's mobile patrol consists of mobile vehicular patrols, including Suzuki Ertiga and Toyota Innova cars called Hoysala (named after the empire that ruled over most of Karnataka in medieval India) and bike patrols called cheetah, which consists of TVS Apache, Bajaj Pulsar and Hero Glamour Red bikes.

In 2007, the Bengaluru City Police was one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use BlackBerry devices.^[3][4]

The Hindu reported in July 2024 that a new mobile phone app allows callers to track the progress of the Hoysala patrol vehicle assigned to deal with the incident.^[5]

Ranks of law enforcement in Bengaluru

Bengaluru City Police Structure, Insignia, and Equivalent Ranks

Post/Designation	Abbreviation	Insignia	Equivalent IPS/State Police Rank	Description
Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru	CP		DGP / ADGP	Head of Bengaluru City Police; topmost rank in the Commissionerate
Special Commissioner of Police	Spl.CP		IGP	Senior post managing law and order, traffic, crime, or admin portfolios
Additional Commissioner of Police	Addl.CP		IGP	Heads major departments or city zones
Joint Commissioner of Police	Jt.CP		DIG	Supervises multiple divisions or strategic functions
Deputy Commissioner of Police	DCP		SP	In charge of a police division within the city
Assistant Commissioner of Police	ACP		ASP / DySP	Heads a police sub-division or circle; entry-level gazetted rank
Subordinate officers
Police Inspector	PI		-	Station House Officer (SHO); manages a police station
Police Sub-inspector	PSI		-	Investigating officer under an Inspector
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police	ASI		-	Supports SIs in investigations and station duties
Head constable	HC		-	Supervises constables and manages beat assignments
Police constable	PC	No insignia	-	Entry-level enforcement; patrolling, basic field duties

History

Bengaluru City Police, established in 1963, was the first established police force in the state of Karnataka. The first BCP Police Commissioner was C Chandi and was of the rank Deputy Inspector General of Police. Today, Bangalore City Police consists of 108 Law & Order police stations, and 42 Traffic Police Stations, including two all-women police stations. It also has more than 200 patrolling vehicles.

See also

• Karnataka Police
• Bangalore City Traffic Police

Notes