West Bengal Police

West Bengal Police
West Bengal Police
	Crest of West Bengal Police
	Flag of West Bengal Police
Abbreviation	WBP
Motto	"We Care We Dare"
Agency overview
Formed	1861
Employees	79,032
Annual budget	₹10,984 crore (US$1.3 billion); (FY2024–25 est.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	West Bengal, IN
	Jurisdiction of the West Bengal Police
Size	88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi)
Population	91,347,736 (2011)
Legal jurisdiction	West Bengal
Governing body	Department of Home and Hill Affairs
Constituting instrument	The West Bengal Police Act, 1952;
General nature	Gendarmerie; Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Bhabani Bhawan, Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal
Gazetted Officers	200 IPS officers
Minister responsible	Mamata Banerjee, Department of Home (West Bengal);
Agency executive	Shri Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, IPS, Director General of Police;
Units	CID West Bengal; Counter Insurgency Force
Facilities
Police Stations	444
Vessels	7
Jetties	4
Dogs	60
Website
	wbpolice.gov.in

The West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. The other being the Kolkata Police, which has a separate jurisdiction across Kolkata.

The West Bengal Police was reorganized under provisions of the Police Act 1861 during the British Raj. It is headed by an officer designated as the Director General of Police who reports to the State Government through the Home (Police) Department. Shri Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, an IPS officer of the 1989 batch is the DGP of West Bengal Police since 19 March, 2024.

The West Bengal Police has jurisdiction concurrent with the twenty-two revenue districts of the State (excluding the metropolitan city of Kolkata) which comprises one of the two general police districts of West Bengal under the Police Act 1861. The other general police district consists of the major portions of the metropolitan area of Kolkata, and has a separate police force (Kolkata Police Commissionerate) constituted and administered under the Calcutta Police Act 1866 & Calcutta (Suburban Police) Act 1866. This arrangement, unique in India, was conceived during colonial times when Calcutta was the capital of British India. The city police have been kept independent of the state police force.

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[1] "STATES/UTS & CPFS POLICE STRENGTH" (PDF). bprd.nic.in.

[2] ttps://prsindia.org/budgets/states/west-bengal-budget-analysis-2024-25

[3] "West Bengal Police".

[4] "Police Stations under West Bengal Police Jurisdection". Department of Information & Cultural Affairs(I&CA), Government of West Bengal. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[mha1-5] "Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no.2870 on COASTAL SECURITY No.29/RN/Ref./November/2013" (PDF). loksabhadocs.nic.in. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

[6] Minhaj, Adnan (7 November 2021). "West Bengal Police to set up dog squads in all districts". The Siasat Daily 7:39 pm IST. pp. Offbeat. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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