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{{Short description|Unit of Uttar Pradesh Police in Gautam Buddha Nagar Police}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2022}}{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate
| logo              = Uttar Pradesh Logo.png
| logocaption       = Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate
| commonname        = Noida Police Commissionerate or '''''Noida Police'''''
| abbreviation      = GBNPC
| motto             = सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा ([[Hindi]])
| mottotranslated   = ''Your Safety, Our Pledge''
| formed            = {{start date and age|15 January 2020}}
| country           = India
| divtype           = City
| divname           = [[Gautam Buddha Nagar District|Gautam Buddha Nagar]]
| map               = File:India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Gautam Buddha Nagar.svg
| mapcaption        = Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate Jurisdictional Area
| legaljuris        = [[Gautam Buddha Nagar District|Gautam Buddha Nagar]]
| governingbody     = [[Department of Home (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Home<br />Uttar Pradesh Government]]
| police            = Yes
| local             = yes
| headquarters      = Office of Commissioner of Police, '''Sector-108''', [[Noida]], [[Gautam Buddha Nagar]]
| sworntype         = Police officers
| electeetype       = Minister
| minister1name     = [[Yogi Adityanath]] {{small|([[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]])}}
| minister1pfo      = [[Department of Home and Confidential|Minister of Home]]
| chief1name        = [[Laxmi Singh]] ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
| chief1position    = [[Commissioner of Police]]
| parentagency      = [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]
| website           = {{URL|http://noidapolice.com/web/}}
}}

The '''Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate (GBNPC)''' ([[Hindi]]: गौतम बुद्ध नगर पुलिस आयुक्तालय) is the police department of the [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district|Gautam Buddha Nagar District]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a part of [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district|Gautam Buddha Nagar]].

Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate is also known as '''Noida Police Commissionerate or (''Noida Police'')'''.

It is headed by an [[Indian Police Service|IPS officer]] of the rank of [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)]] as its [[Commissioner of Police]], who is appointed by the [[Department of Home and Confidential|Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alok Singh Takes Charge As First Police Commissioner Of Noida |url=https://www.ndtv.com/noida-news/alok-singh-takes-charge-as-first-police-commissioner-of-noida-2164397 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

The current police commissioner of [[Noida]] is 2000 batch [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer [[Laxmi Singh]] who is of [[Inspector-general of police|IG]] rank and serving since 29 November 2022. She is the first female police commissioner in the [[Uttar Pradesh|state]] since the start of Commissionerate system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Noida Police Chief Is Laxmi Singh, UP's 1st Woman Police Commissioner |url=https://www.ndtv.com/noida-news/laxmi-singh-appointed-ups-first-woman-police-commissioner-at-noida-3562500 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

== History ==
On 13 January 2020, Chief Minister [[First Yogi Adityanath ministry|Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet]] passed the decision of making 2 police Commissionerate in the state.<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web |author=Nelanshu Shukla |date=2020-01-14 |title=Yogi Adityanath govt implements police commissionerate system in Lucknow, Noida - Mail Today News |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/yogi-adityanath-govt-implements-police-commissionerate-system-in-lucknow-noida-1636601-2020-01-14 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=India Today}}</ref>
* First being in the [[Lucknow City Police|Lucknow]], the capital and the largest city of [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* Second one in [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district|Gautam Buddha Nagar District]] or Noida.

IPS Alok Singh was appointed as the first police commissioner of Gautam Buddha Nagar by the [[Department of Home and Confidential|Home Department of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-13 |title=Alok Singh is Noida's first CP after district upgraded to commissioner system |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/alok-singh-is-noida-s-first-cp-after-district-upgraded-to-commissioner-system/story-p7pONbnurbePXGVSTyyonJ.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

Before 2020, the police department in the district was headed by the [[Superintendent of police (India)|Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)]].

== Headquarters ==
Office of CP at Traffic Police Park in Noida serves as the headquarters of Noida Police.

On 19 January 2020, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the new Commissionerate office at City's Traffic Park, Sector-108, Noida.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=Noida: CM Yogi Adityanath to inaugurate police commissioner's office |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-cm-yogi-adityanath-to-inaugurate-police-commissioner-s-office/story-72KMCXuuUA6Vjs89WL172I.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Noida]]
* [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district|Gautam Buddha Nagar District]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]
* [[Lucknow City Police]]

== References ==
<references />{{Gautam Buddha Nagar district}}{{Law enforcement in India}}

[[Category:Uttar Pradesh Police]]
[[Category:Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2020]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]