Barrackpore Police Commissionerate

Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, established on 20 January 2012, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision, and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area.^[6] The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District, and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction.^[7] Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.^[8]

Barrackpore Police Commissionerate ব্যারাকপুর পুলিশ কমিশনারেট
Common name	Barrackpore City Police ব্যারাকপুর শহর পুলিশ
Abbreviation	BKPC / BPC
Motto	Courage Care Commitment (Bengali: সাহস সতর্কতা প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ)
Agency overview
Formed	20 January, 2012
Employees	Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Commissioners Assistant Commissioners Police Inspectors Sub Inspectors Assistant Sub Inspectors
Annual budget	₹236.29 crore (US$27.9 million) (2025–26)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Roughly Barrackpore subdivision, IN
Size	335.80 km2 (129.65 sq mi) [2]
Population	36 lacs[3]
Governing body	Government of West Bengal
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Elected officer responsible	Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal
Agency executive	Shri Murlidhar, IPS, Commissioner of Police[4][2]
Parent agency	West Bengal Police
Facilities
Police stations	25 [5]
Website
Official Website

Structure and jurisdiction

The Barrackpore police commissioner's office on Barrackpore Trunk road.

The police commissionerate is situated at Barrackpore, and is divided into three zones – North, Central and South.^[9] The Commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement over an area of 335.80 square kilometres (129.65 sq mi) area^[10] with 25 police stations under it.^[11] The Commissionerate is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who is an Indian Police Service officer either in the rank of DIG-P or Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Since inception following officers have occupied the chair of CP, Barrackpore: 1. Sanjoy Mukherjee IPS, 2. Sanjay Singh IPS, 3.Vishal Garg IPS, 4. Niraj Kumar Singh IPS, 5. Dr Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury, 6. Subrata Kr Mitra IPS 7. Rajesh Singh IPS, 8. Sunil Kumar Chowdhury IPS, 9.D.P.Singh IPS, 10.Manoj Kumar Verma IPS, 11.Ajoy Nand IPS 12. Alok Rajoria IPS 13. Ajoy Kumar Thakur IPS

Presently, Murli Dhar IPS is CP of Barrackpore. The commissioner is assisted by DCP Headquarters, DCP DD . There are three deputy commissioners for the three divisions.^[12] Other departments, including the detective department and the special branch are headed by deputy commissioners. The police stations are headed by an Inspector.

Police stations

• 1. Baranagar PS
• 2. Belgharia PS
• 3. Dakshineswar PS
• 4. Dum Dum PS
• 5. Kamarhati PS
• 6. Basudebpur PS
• 7. Barrackpore PS
• 8. Bhatpara PS
• 9. Bizpore PS
• 10. Halisahar PS
• 11. Jagaddal PS
• 12. Jetia PS
• 13. Ghola PS
• 14. Khardah PS
• 15. Mohanpur PS
• 16. Naihati PS
• 17. Nagerbazar PS
• 18. New barakpur PS
• 19. Nimta PS
• 20. Noapara PS
• 21. Rahara PS
• 22. Shibdaspur PS
• 23. Titagarh PS
• 24. Woman PS
• 25. Cyber Crime PS

^[13]

See also

• Howrah Police Commissionerate
• Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate
• Kolkata Police
• West Bengal Police