Bengaluru City Police

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Bengaluru City Police
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್
MottoWe Serve, We Protect
Agency overview
Formed4 July, 1963
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyIndia
Operations jurisdictionBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Size709 km2
Population8,728,906
Governing bodyGovernment of Karnataka
General nature
  • Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
HeadquartersNo.1, Infantry Road, Bengaluru.[1]
Elected officer responsible
  • Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka State Home Minister
Agency executive
  • Kamal Pant, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City
Parent agencyKarnataka Police
Child agency
  • Bangalore City Traffic Police
Facilities
Stations110
Website
www.bcp.gov.in

The Bengaluru City Police (BCP) 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, Bengaluru City, currently Kamal Pant IPS.

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.

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).

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 and Bajaj Pulsar bikes.

The Bengaluru City Police is one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use BlackBerry devices.[2][3]

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.

Subahu[]

To ensure the safety of its residents during the night hours, the Bengaluru North Division Police have implemented a new QR code-based beat system called Subahu. With the new system, the beat police officer will have to mandatorily scan the QR code stickers placed along his/her beat routes. This ensures the officer concerned covers the assigned path, and does not miss any area. The app will be updated with the location of each policeman.

The Subahu beat system was initially adopted by the Bengaluru South-East police division in 2020. The police claim that since the introduction of the new system, people have reported that they feel safer.

The new system was officially inaugurated on August 11. However, according to DCP Dharmendra Kumar, the programme was implemented on a pilot basis in the Bagalgunte police station and most of the police stations were already using the system for the past three months. DCP Dharmendra Kumar added that the system initially had minor issues with the location tracking.


He said that a total of 1992 QR code stickers have been placed across various locations within the Bengaluru North division’s jurisdiction.[4]

Suraksha App[]

For smartphone users, the BCP has Suraksha App (safety app) available for free. The app helps women in distress alert police for help, as it is linked to the police control room and patrol vehicles in the city..[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Use of BlackBerry devices by traffic police in city not to be affected". The Hindu. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Kochi traffic police go Blackberry". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Bangalore North police implement QR code-based beat system". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Karnataka Launches 'Suraksha' App For Women Safety; Adds 51 Patrol Vehicles to Fleet". News18. IANS. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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