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| Commissioner of Kolkata Police Force | |
|---|---|
 Insignia of Commissioner of Police | |
| Incumbent Manoj Kumar Verma, IPS since 17 September 2024 | |
| Kolkata Police Force | |
| Style | The Learned Commissioner of Police |
| Abbreviation | Ld. CP |
| Residence | 2, Loudon Street, Kolkata |
| Seat | Lalbazar, Kolkata |
| Appointer | Government of West Bengal |
| Constituting instrument | The Calcutta Police Act, 1866 |
| Formation | 1856; 168 years ago (1856) |
| First holder | S. Wauchope |
| Salary | HAG scale (Level 15) |
| Website | kolkatapolice |
The Commissioner of the Kolkata Police (formerly Commissioner of the Calcutta Police) is the head of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Minister of Home and Hill Affairs and reports independently to the Home Secretary for West Bengal. The commissioner sits at the Kolkata Police Headquarters, located at 18 Lalbazar Street in the Lalbazar neighbourhood of central Kolkata.
The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional Director-General (ADG) of Police. The commissioner heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243km area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).
List of commissioners of police, Kolkata
| Sl.No | Name | Terms of office | Badge name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Wauchope | 1856–1863 | |
| 2 | V. H. Shalch | 1863–1866 | |
| 3 | Sir Stuart Hogg | 1866–1876 | |
| 4 | C. T. Metcalfe | 1876–1881 | |
| 5 | Henry Harrison | 1881–1889 | |
| 6 | Sir John Lambert | 1889–1897 | |
| 7 | A. H. James | 1897–1901 | |
| 8 | E. M. Showera | 1901–1902 | |
| 9 | R. D. O. Bignell | 1902–1905 | |
| 10 | Sir Frederick Loch Halliday | 1905–1916 | |
| 11 | Sir Reginald Clarke | 1916–1923 | |
| 12 | Sir Charles Tegart | 1923–1931 | |
| 13 | L. H. Colson | 1931–1939 | |
| 14 | Sir C. E. S. Fairweather | 1939–1943 | |
| 15 | R. E. A. Ray | 1943–1946 | |
| 16 | D. R. Hardwick | 1946–1947 | |
| 17 | Surendra Nath Chatterjee | 1947–1951 | S. N. CHATTERJEE |
| 18 | H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri | 1951–1960 | |
| 19 | U. Mukherjee | 1960–1962 | |
| 20 | S. M. Ghosh | 1962–1964 | |
| 21 | P. K. Sen | 1964–1967 | |
| 22 | Ranjit Kumar Gupta | 1970–1971 | |
| 23 | R. N. Chatterjee | 1971–1972 | |
| 24 | S. C. Chaudhuri | 1972–1976 | |
| 25 | S. Basu | 1976–1978 | |
| 26 | S. K. Sinha | 1978–1980 | |
| 27 | N. Som | 1980–1984 | |
| 28 | B. K. Basu | 1984–1988 | |
| 29 | B. K. Saha | 1988–1992 | |
| 30 | T. K. Talukdar | 1992–1996 | |
| 31 | D. C. Vajpai | 1996–2001 | |
| 32 | S. K. Chakroborty | 2001–2004 | |
| 33 | Prasun Mukherjee | 17 Oct 2004 – 2007 | PRASUN MUKHERJEE |
| 34 | Gautam Mohan Chakraborty | 17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011 | GAUTAM |
| 35 | Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda | 17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013 | R. K. PACHNANDA |
| 36 | Surajit Kar Purkayastha | 14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016 | SURAJIT |
| 37 | Rajeev Kumar | 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 | RAJEEV |
| 38 | Soumen Mitra | 13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016 | SOUMEN MITRA |
| (37) | Rajeev Kumar | 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 | RAJEEV |
| 39 | Anuj Sharma | 19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019 | ANUJ |
| 40 | Dr. Rajesh Kumar | 6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019 | DR. RAJESH |
| (39) | Anuj Sharma | 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 | ANUJ |
| (38) | Soumen Mitra | 6 Feb 2021 – 31 Dec 2021 | SOUMEN MITRA |
| 41 | Vineet Kumar Goyal | 1 Jan 2022 – 17 Sep 2024 | VINEET KUMAR GOYAL |
| 42 | Manoj Kumar Verma | 17 Sep 2024 – Incumbent | M. K. VERMA |
See also
- Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate
- Police Commissioner of Bangalore
- Police Commissioner of Delhi
- Police Commissioner of Mumbai
- Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City
Notes
- He was the first Indian origin Police Commissioner
References
- "Rajeev Kumar removed, Soumen Mitra new CP of Kolkata", Times of India
- Munish Chandra Pandey (3 February 2019). "Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?". India Today.
- Debashish Konar (19 February 2019). "Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief". Times of India.
- "Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police". 6 February 2021.
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