Commissioner of Kolkata Police Force
Insignia of Commissioner of Police
Incumbent
Vineet Kumar Goyal, IPS
since Jan 1, 2022
Kolkata Police Force
StyleThe Learned Commissioner of Police
AbbreviationLd. CP
Residence2, Loudon Street, Kolkata
SeatLalbazar, Kolkata
AppointerGovernment of West Bengal
Constituting instrumentThe Calcutta Police Act, 1866
Formation1856
First holderS. Wauchope
SalaryHAG scale (Level 15)
Websitekolkatapolice.gov.in

The commissioner of police, Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18, Lal Bazar Street, near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.

The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km2 area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

List of commissioners of police, Kolkata

Sl.NoNameTerms of officeBadge name
1S. Wauchope1856–1863
2V. H. Shalch1863–1866
3Sir Stuart Hogg1866–1876
4C. T. Metcalfe1876–1881
5Henry Harrison1881–1889
6Sir John Lambert1889–1897
7A. H. James1897–1901
8E. M. Showera1901–1902
9R. D. O. Bignell1902–1905
10Sir Frederick Loch Halliday1905–1916
11Sir Reginald Clarke1916–1923
12Sir Charles Tegart1923–1931
13L. H. Colson1931–1939
14Sir C. E. S. Fairweather1939–1943
15R. E. A. Ray1943–1946
16D. R. Hardwick1946–1947
17Surendra Nath Chatterjee1947–1951S. N. CHATTERJEE [lower-alpha 1]
18H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri1951–1960
19U. Mukherjee1960–1962
20S. M. Ghosh1962–1964
21P. K. Sen1964–1967
22Ranjit Kumar Gupta1967–1971
23R. N. Chatterjee1971–1972
24S. C. Chaudhuri1972–1976
25S. Basu1976–1978
26S. K. Sinha1978–1980
27N. Som1980–1984
28B. K. Basu1984–1988
29B. K. Saha1988–1992
30T. K. Talukdar1992–1996
31D. C. Vajpai1996–2001
32S. K. Chakravarti2001–2004
33Prasun Mukherjee17 Oct 2004 – 2007PRASUN MUKHERJEE
34Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011GAUTAM
35Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013R. K. PACHNANDA
36Surajit Kar Purkayastha14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016SURAJIT
37Rajeev Kumar14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016RAJEEV
38Soumen Mitra13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016SOUMEN MITRA[1]
(37)Rajeev Kumar21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019RAJEEV[2]
39Anuj Sharma19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019ANUJ[3]
40Dr. Rajesh Kumar6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019DR. RAJESH
(39)Anuj Sharma26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021ANUJ
(38)Soumen Mitra6 Feb 2021–31 Dec 2021SOUMEN MITRA[4]
41Vineet Kumar Goyal1 Jan 2022—Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. He was the first Indian origin Police Commissioner

References

  1. "Rajeev Kumar removed, Soumen Mitra new CP of Kolkata", Times of India
  2. Munish Chandra Pandey (3 February 2019). "Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?". India Today.
  3. Debashish Konar (19 February 2019). "Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief". Times of India.
  4. "Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police". 6 February 2021.


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