Agencyname: | Howrah City Police |
Nativename: | হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ |
Commonname: | Howrah City Police হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ |
Abbreviation: | HCP |
Motto: | Courage Care Commitment |
Mottotranslated: | Bengali: সাহস সতর্কতা প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ |
Formedyear: | 2011 |
Formedmonthday: | 1 September |
Employees: | Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Deputy Commissioners Assistant Commissioners Police Inspectors Sub Inspectors Assistant Sub Inspectors |
Budget: | (2021-22 est.)[1] |
Country: | India |
Divtype: | State |
Divname: | West Bengal |
Subdivtype: | City |
Subdivname: | Howrah |
Sizearea: | 301.429km2 |
Governingbody: | Government of West Bengal |
Police: | yes |
Local: | yes |
Headquarters: | Howrah, West Bengal, India |
Chief1name: | Praveen Kumar Tripathi, IPS |
Chief1position: | Commissioner of Police |
Stations: | Police Stations=18 Traffic Guards = 8 |
Parentagency: | West Bengal Police |
Howrah City Police (Bengali: হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ) established in 2011, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in Howrah city and some of its adjacent areas in Howrah district.[2] 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 the bifurcation of the Howrah Police District and has eighteen police stations under its jurisdiction as of now. Presently, P. K. Tripathi, IPS is appointed as the Commissioner of the Howrah Police Commissionerate.[3]