Bengaluru City Police
| Bengaluru City Police | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | BCP |
| Motto | We Serve, We Protect |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 4 July, 1963 |
| Legal personality | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | India |
| Operations jurisdiction | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Size | 709 km2 |
| Population | 8,728,906 |
| Primary governing body | Karnataka Police |
| Secondary governing body | Government of Karnataka |
| Constituting instrument |
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| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | No.1, Infantry Road, Bengaluru. |
| Elected Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Karnataka State Police |
| Child agency | |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 110 |
| Website | |
| www.bcp.gov.in | |
The Bengaluru City Police (BCP), formerly Bangalore City Police, 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, Bangalore City, currently Seemanth Kumar Singh, IPS is the Police Commissioner.
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.