Kolkata Police

The Kolkata Police (Bengali: কলকাতা পুলিশ) (formerly "Calcutta Police"), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is one of the two primary police forces in West Bengal, the other being the West Bengal Police.

The main operational area covered by the Kolkata Police is the Kolkata Metropolitan Region, excluding the neighbouring cities of Howrah (covered by the Howrah City Police), Barrackpore (covered by the Barrackpore City Police), Chandannagar (covered by the Chandannagar City Police) and the neighbouring locality of New Town (covered by the Bidhannagar City Police)

The primary functions of the Kolkata Police Force are maintaining law and order in the city, traffic management, prevention and detection of crime and co-ordinating various citizen-centric services for the people of Kolkata. As of 2024, Kolkata Police has ten divisions covering 91 police stations. It has a strength of approximately 37,400 and a territorial jurisdiction of c. 530.34 km² (204.77 sq mi). In addition to general policing, the Kolkata Police has several specialist branches and nine battalions of the Armed Police.

The Kolkata Police has often faced criticism from the public, while performing Government duties under the command of Govt. of West Bengal. ]]. The force encountered accusations of being complicit in non compliance with according to the complaint during the investigation of the incident. Furthermore, the traffic department has been slammed for anti-bicycle policies, by enforcing a blanket ban on bicycles on several thoroughfares for traffic flow and impounding bicycles for violating the ban, besides corruption and bribery when collecting penalties from bicyclists who violate or defy the ban.