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{{Short description|Law enforcement agency responsible for Kolkata metropolitan region}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
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| agencyname        = Kolkata Police Force<br/>কলকাতা আরক্ষা বাহিনী
| abbreviation      = KP/KPF; ক: পু
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| flagcaption       = [[Flag]] of Kolkata Police
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| motto             = "''{{IAST|With You – Always}}''" ({{langx|bn|তোমার সহিত – সর্বদা}})
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| budget            = {{INRConvert|4390.722|c|1|lk=on}} {{small|(2025{{ndash}}26)}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2025 |title=Detailed Demands for Grants for 2025-2026 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url=https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp22.pdf |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>
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| divtype           = Police area
| divname           = [[West Bengal]]
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| mapcaption        = Kolkata Police Jurisdiction Area
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| sizearea          = {{convert|204.77|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| sizepopulation    = 62,80,544 (within 200.71 km²)
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| governingbody     = [[Department of Home and Hill Affairs]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
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| constitution1     = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20191002233811/http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/west_bengal/1866/1866WB4.pdf The Calcutta Police Act, 1866 & Calcutta (Suburban Police) Act, 1866]}}
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| electeetype       = [[Police Commissioner of Kolkata|Police Commissioner]]
| minister1name     = Ajay Kumar Nand, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
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| stationtype       = Police Station
| stations          = 91<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-to-get-eight-more-police-stations/articleshow/38039369.cms|title=Kolkata to get eight more police stations &#124; Kolkata News|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 July 2014|access-date=9 July 2014|archive-date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709143333/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-to-get-eight-more-police-stations/articleshow/38039369.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
| vehicle1type      = Cars & Bike
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* [[Harley-Davidson Street|Harley-Davidson Street 750]]
* [[Tata Nexon|TATA Nexon.ev]]
* [[Mahindra TUV 300]]
* [[Mahindra Rakshak]]
* [[Mahindra Marksman]]
}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=CHAUDHURI|first=MONALISA|date=September 14, 2021|title=E-vehicles to replace old police fleet in Kolkata|work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] 07:13 AM|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/e-vehicles-to-replace-old-police-fleet-in-kolkata/cid/1830597|access-date=September 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914022322/https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/e-vehicles-to-replace-old-police-fleet-in-kolkata/cid/1830597|archive-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref>
| animal1type       = Dogs
| animals1          = 54<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Dwaipayan |date=21 Jul 2023 |title=Police keep new recruits of dog squad on standby |work=[[The Times of India]] Jul 21, 2023, 10:22 IST |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/police-keep-new-recruits-of-dog-squad-on-standby/articleshow/102000658.cms?from=mdr |access-date=21 Jul 2023}}</ref>
| animal2type       = Horses
| animals2          = 65<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Dwaipayan |date=7 June 2025 |title=KP To Spent 48 Lakh On Grooming Its Dogs, Horses |work=[[The Times of India]] June 7, 2025, 21:02 IST |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kp-to-spent-48-lakh-on-grooming-its-dogs-horses/articleshow/121696716.cms |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
| website           = {{Official URL}}
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The '''Kolkata Police''' ({{langx|bn|কলকাতা পুলিশ}}), formerly '''Calcutta Police''' (1856–2001) is the [[Law enforcement in India|territorial police force]] responsible for [[law enforcement]] and [[crime prevention]] within the [[Kolkata metropolitan region|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]].

Established in its current form by the [[Imperial Legislative Council|legislature of British India in 1856]], 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, Kolkata|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.|{{cvt|530.34|km2}}}}. In addition to general policing, the Kolkata Police has several specialist branches and nine battalions of the Armed Police.

==History==
===Early years (17th century)===
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The history of the present structure of policing in [[Kolkata]] goes back to East India company times, when the city was known as "Calcutta", and was an early settlement of the [[English East India Company]]. Calcutta was founded on the eastern banks of the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] by an Englishman, [[Job Charnock]] in 1690. Policing in Calcutta's earliest days was confined to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] administration and their local representatives. Bengal was still technically a part of the Mughal Empire, but the [[Nawabs of Bengal]], based in [[Murshidabad]] in [[South Bengal|Northern South Bengal]], were its effective rulers. The watch and ward functions were entrusted to a ''Kotwal'' or town prefect who had 45 peons under him, armed with traditional weapons like staves and [[spear]]s, to deal with miscreants.<ref>{{cite web|title=Origins of Kolkata Police|url=http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/Origin.aspx|publisher=Kolkata police|access-date=27 April 2014|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413215324/http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/Origin.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

===East India Company Police (1720–1845)===
In 1720, the East India Company formally appointed an officer to be in charge of civil and criminal administration. He was assisted by an Indian functionary commonly known as ''black deputy'' or ''black zamindar''. Under him were three naib-dewans, one of whom was in charge of the police. The settlement was divided into "thanas" (police stations) under "thanadars" who had in turn contingents of "naiks" and "paiks". A small contingent of river police was also formed. A statute passed in 1778 raised the strength of the police in Calcutta to 700 paiks, 31 thanadars and 34 naibs under a [[superintendent (police)|superintendent]]. In 1785 commissioners of conservancy were appointed for the town who also looked after watch and ward. Policing was still very loosely organised. In 1794, justices of peace were appointed for the [[municipal]] administration of Calcutta and its [[suburbs]], under a chief [[magistrate]] who was directly in charge of the Police. In 1806 justices of peace were constituted as magistrates of [[24 Parganas]] and parts of the adjacent districts within a 20-mile radius of the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consolidation of the Police Force|url=http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/Consolidation.aspx|publisher=Kolkata police|access-date=27 April 2014|archive-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417221443/http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/Consolidation.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Consolidation (1845–1866)===
The middle decades of the 19th century witnessed a greater systematisation and institutionalisation of policing in Calcutta. A city magistrate named William Coats Blacquiere inaugurated a network of spies or {{transliteration|bn|goendas}} ({{langx|bn|গোয়েন্দা}}). In 1845 a committee under J.H. Patton brought about key changes in police organisation which now began to be modelled on the [[London Metropolitan Police]]. A Commissioner of Police was appointed with powers of a justice of peace to preserve law and order, detect crime and apprehend offenders. In 1856 the [[Governor-General]] promulgated an Act treating the '''Calcutta Police''' as a separate organisation and S. Wauchope, who was then the chief magistrate of Calcutta, was appointed as the first Commissioner of Police.<ref name="Kolkata Police">{{cite web|title=Colonial History of the Kolkata Police|url=http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/TheEmpireAtZenith.aspx|publisher=Kolkata Police|access-date=27 April 2014|archive-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417222839/http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/TheEmpireAtZenith.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

1857 was a difficult time for the English East India Company. The year saw the first [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|upsurge]] against British rule. The rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to reorganise the army, the financial system and the administration in India.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bayly |first=C. A. |author-link=Christopher Alan Bayly |year=1990 |title=Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire |series=[[The New Cambridge History of India]] |publisher=Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-38650-0 |pages=194–197}}</ref> The country was thereafter directly governed by the [[The Crown|crown]] as the new [[British Raj]]. Commissioner Wauchope handled the situation ably and was [[knight]]ed for his achievement. During the incumbency of his successor V.H. Schalch the Calcutta Police Act and the Calcutta Suburban Police Act were enacted in 1866.

===Modernisation (1866–1947)===
In 1868, [[Sir Stuart Hogg]] set up the Detective Department in Calcutta Police with A. Younan as the superintendent and R. Lamb as the first-class inspector. Hogg was both the Commissioner of Police and the Chairman of the [[Calcutta Municipal Corporation]]. Sir [[Frederick James Halliday]], who was appointed as the Commissioner of Police in 1906, also introduced several changes in the administration of Calcutta Police including the system of running a Control Room. In response to the threat of the nationalist organisation [[Anushilan Samiti]], Haliday oversaw the creation of the [[Special Branch]] in June 1909 on the recommendation of [[Sir Charles Augustus Tegart]]. For his numerous contributions to the growth of the city police, he is regarded as the father of modern Calcutta Police.<ref name="Kolkata Police"/> [[Sir Charles Augustus Tegart]] headed the Detective Department was the first cadre of the [[Indian Police Service|Indian Police]] (IP) force in the organisation. He reorganised the city police force and made it efficient. A highly decorated officer, he was the Commissioner of Police from 1923 to 1931 and was admired for keeping the city free from crime. However, he was unpopular with [[Resistance movement|freedom fighters]] and his encounters with revolutionaries are a part of popular [[Bengali people|Bengali]] folklore. The same time saw the rise of three [[Bengali people|Bengali]] police officers named Ramgati Banerjee, Sukumar Sengupta and [[Zakir Husain (governor)|Zakir Hussain]]. During the [[Salt March]] movement in 1930, the Calcutta Police was headed by Charles Tegart as Police Commissioner, Ramgati Banerjee as DC (South) and Sukumar Sengupta as DC (North). Later, Banerjee left his position and took up teaching as a profession, and Hussain left the job to become the First Inspector-General of East Pakistan. Sukumar Sengupta continued in the job to become the first Bengali Inspector General of Police, West Bengal soon after independence.

===Post-independence (1947 onward)===
[[File:Kolkata Police van -Wikimedia Photowalk Kolkata 20111218 IMG 4596.jpg|thumb|right|Police van]]
The colonial history of the Calcutta Police force was primarily repressive and anti-nationalist. After [[Indian independence movement|India gained independence]] from British rule in 1947, Calcutta Police was re-organised as an essential element of the Indian law enforcement agencies. Surendra Nath Chatterjee was the first Indian Commissioner of Police. 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.|{{cvt|530.34|km2}}}}. There are nine battalions of armed forces as well as specialised branches.

==Emblem==
The emblem of the Kolkata Police, as a vestige of the colonial era, signifies its heritage and allegiance, both of the past and the present, formerly to the [[The Crown|British Crown]] and since 1947, to the [[India|Indian Union]].

It comprises the [[Maltese cross|Maltese Cross]] surrounded by the [[Brunswick star]]—also featured on the emblems of all [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|British territorial police forces]] and in India, the [[Garhwal Rifles]] (formerly the Royal Garhwal Rifles) regiment of the [[Indian Army]] and the [[Madhya Pradesh Police]]. In the centre, the [[State Emblem of India|State Emblem]] is featured above the national motto—Satyameva Jayate—taken from the [[Mundaka Upanishad]].

==Organisational structure==
[[File:Officers of Kolkata mounted police riding across the Maidan or Brigade Parade Ground.jpg|thumb|right| Officers of Kolkata mounted police riding across the Maidan Ground, Kolkata.]]
[[File:India - Kolkata traffic cop - 3661.jpg|alt=Two mounted-police officers|thumb|White uniformed Traffic Police directing traffic in Kolkata.]]
[[File:Entrance - Police Training School - 247 AJC Bose Road - Kolkata 2015-02-18 2873.JPG|alt=|thumb|Police Training School, [[Kolkata]]]]
{{as of|2024}}, Kolkata Police has ten divisions covering 91 police stations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Dwaipayan|title=Four new police stations in Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Four-new-police-stations-in-Kolkata/articleshow/31103457.cms|access-date=27 April 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=27 February 2014|archive-date=20 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420195913/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Four-new-police-stations-in-Kolkata/articleshow/31103457.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> It has a strength of 37,400 approximately and a territorial jurisdiction of {{cvt|530.34|km2}}. The commissioner is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Commissioner is appointed by the [[Government of West Bengal]] and reports independently to the Home Minister of the State. The headquarters are at 18, Lalbazar Street, near [[B.B.D. Bagh]] area in Central Kolkata. The Commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional DG & IG of Police. Supratim Sarkar is the present Commissioner. The State Government vests the Commissioner with the powers of a magistrate of First Class with limits within the suburbs of Kolkata. He has power to issue orders with his discretion.
===Units===
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;Divisions:
# South Division
# North and North Suburban Division
# Central Division
# Eastern Suburban Division
# Port Division
# South East Division
# South Suburban Division (Jadavpur Division)
# South West Division (Behala Division)
# East Division
# Bhangar Division
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;Branches:
# Detective Department
# [[Special Branch]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Dwaipayan |date=24 Jul 2023 |title=KP traces special branch history to Bagha Jatin days |work=[[The Times of India]] Jul 24, 2023, 08:20 IST |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kp-traces-special-branch-history-to-bagha-jatin-days/articleshow/102066099.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |access-date=24 Jul 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727034142/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kp-traces-special-branch-history-to-bagha-jatin-days/articleshow/102066099.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=27 Jul 2023}}</ref>
# Enforcement Branch
# [[Kolkata Traffic Police]]
# [[Provincial Armed Constabulary|Reserve Force]]
# Wireless Branch
# Security Control Organisation
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;Other units:
# Police Training School
# [[Home Guard (India)|Home Guard Organisation]]
# [[Special Task Force (India)|Special Task Force]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Manab |date=5 September 2008 |title=. Kolkata Police is setting up a Special Task Force to fight terrorism |url=https://kolkatapolice.gov.in/writereaddata/Newsletter/sept08.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925044224/https://kolkatapolice.gov.in/writereaddata/Newsletter/sept08.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2010}}</ref>
# The Kolkata Armed Police (KAP) are West Bengal's state armed police force for operations in Kolkata. The KAP is part of the KPF and consists of nine battalions and three special units. The special units are the [[Rapid Action Force|RAF]], the Commando Force (approximately 200 members) and the Combat Force.<ref name="right">{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/images/docs/rti.pdf |title=Right to Information |publisher=Kolkata Police |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109171009/http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/images/docs/rti.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Rank structure===
[[File:Kolkata Mounted Police in Maidan 07.jpg|left|thumb|Mounted Police in Kolkata]]
The rank structure of the Kolkata Police, for the most part, resembles those of other Indian police forces. However, the ranks of [[Sergeant]] and [[Sergeant major|Sergeant-Major]] are unique to the force. They were originally established as direct-entry ranks reserved for [[Europeans]] and [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indians]] during the [[British Raj]], but were made available to Indians shortly after independence. Ronald Allen Moore, one of the final [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indian]] officers of the Kolkata Police (the erstwhile Calcutta Police) joined the force in the rank of Sergeant, retiring in the 1960s as a Senior Deputy Commissioner. Soon after, the rank of Sergeant-Major fell out of use and was abolished for the majority of the force. Nevertheless, the Kolkata Mounted Police retains the rank to this day.

The ranks of Sergeant and Sergeant-Major were represented by three chevrons and the national emblem (both on the arms) respectively until the 1990s, much like a [[Havildar]]/Sergeant and [[Company Havildar Major]]/Company Sergeant Major in the [[Indian Army]], respectively. This made both ranks part of the non-commissioned officer group, and both ranks were below [[Assistant sub-inspector of police|Assistant Sub-Inspector]]. However, in the 1990s, force-wide reforms were instated to put Sergeants at higher authority as compared to Assistant Sub-Inspectors, and Sergeant-Major as higher authority as compared to Sub-Inspectors. However, the ranks of Sergeant-Major and [[Sub-inspector|Sub-Inspector]] (both full and assistant) do not exist independently, as the Kolkata Mounted Police does not use the ranks of Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector, whereas other divisions do not use the rank of Sergeant-Major.

The Kolkata Police is unique in India in that it does not use the conventional five-pointed star for the insignia of ranks of [[Inspector]] and [[Assistant commissioner of police|Assistant Commissioner]]. Instead, the four-pointed Star of the [[Order of the Bath]]—used for officer ranks in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] from its inception till 1950 (when India became a republic and adopted the five-pointed star in place of the Bath star) and also in the militaries/police forces of the [[United Kingdom]] and the wider Commonwealth—or the 'pip' (as it is called colloquially in the Commonwealth) is used. The pip, largely a legacy of the colonial era, was used for all ranks of the force (from Inspector to Commissioner, then equated to a [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] instead of a [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant-General]] like today) until 1947, when new regulations stipulated that higher officers of the force (at and above the ranks of Deputy Commissioner) were to be drawn from the [[Indian Police Service]] (the erstwhile Imperial Police) instead of directly being selected from the lower and middle ranks of the force itself. Consequently, the five-pointed star used by the Imperial Police (and later the Army and all other services) came into use. However, it has remained as the rank insignia for Inspectors and Assistant Commissioners, as holders of those ranks are drawn from the force itself.
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|+'''Kolkata Police gazetted officer rank structure'''
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; text-align:center;"
!Rank group
! colspan="5" | [[Indian Police Service]]
! colspan=2| Kolkata Police
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
|[[File:Director-General of Police.svg|2
50px]]
|[[File:Inspector-General of Police.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Deputy Inspector-General of Police.svg|50px]]
| colspan="1" |[[File:Senior Superintendent of Police.svg|50px]]
| colspan="1" |[[File:Superintendent of Police.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Kolkata Police Assistant Commissioner.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Kolkata Police Inspector.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
|[[Commissioner of the Kolkata Police|Commissioner of Police]]
|[[Inspector-general of police|Additional Commissioner of Police]]
|[[Deputy inspector general of police|Joint Commissioner of Police]]
| colspan="2" |[[Superintendent of police (India)|Deputy Commissioner of Police]]
|[[Assistant commissioner of police|Assistant Commissioner of Police]]
|[[Inspector]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|'''Equivalent in [[West Bengal Police|state police]]'''
|[[Director general of police|Director-General of Police]]
|[[Inspector-general of police|Inspector-General of Police]]
|[[Deputy inspector general of police|Deputy Inspector-General of Police]]
| colspan="2" |[[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]]
|[[Deputy superintendent of police|Deputy Superintendent of Police]]
|
|}
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
|+'''Kolkata Police junior ranks rank structure'''
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" |NCOs
!Enlisted
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[File:Kolkata Police Sergeant-Major.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Kolkata Police Sub-Inspector.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Kolkata Police Sergeant.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Kolkata Police Assistant Sub-Inspector.svg|50px]]
|'''''<big>No insignia</big>'''''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Sergeant major|Sergeant Major]]
|[[Sub-inspector|Sub-Inspector/Subedar/Wireless Supervisor]]
|[[Sergeant]]
|[[Assistant sub-inspector of police|Assistant Sub-Inspector]]
|[[Constable|Police Constable/Sepoy/Sowar/Syce]]
|}
* The title of Subedar replaces the rank of Sub-Inspector in the Armed Police.
* The title of Wireless Supervisor replaces the rank of Sub-Inspector in the Police Control Room.
* Head Sowar, Syce and Sowar replace the rank of Police Constable in the Mounted Police.
* Sepoy replaces the rank of Police Constable in the Armed Police.

===Jurisdiction===
[[File:Kolkata Police ambulance - Wikimedia Photowalk Kolkata 20111218 IMG 4595.jpg|thumb|A Kolkata police ambulance]]
The jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police covers the area of [[Kolkata District]] and an adjacent area as well. That adjacent area, like Kolkata District, is within the boundaries of the [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]. The Kolkata Police's entire area comprises all 144 wards of the KMC.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 May 2011 |title=Kolkata Police to take over all KMC wards |work=[[The Indian Express]] May 26, 2011 01:24 IST |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-police-to-take-over-all-kmc-wards/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924230816/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-police-to-take-over-all-kmc-wards/ |archive-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> In March 2009 Kolkata police took 17 police stations of North and South 24-Pargana district under its wing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chakraborty |first=Monotosh |date=13 Mar 2009 |title=New police stations under KP will help curb |work=[[The Times of India]] Mar 13, 2009, 03:08 IST |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-police-stations-under-kp-will-help-curb/articleshow/4257909.cms |access-date=13 Mar 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717132731/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-police-stations-under-kp-will-help-curb/articleshow/4257909.cms |archive-date=17 Jul 2023}}</ref> In September 2011 Kolkata police again extended their jurisdiction to 17 more police stations in the adjacent South 24-Parganas district in an effort to improve police service.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 September 2011 |title=Kolkata police jurisdiction extended to South 24-Parganas |work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] 01.09.11, 12:00 AM |location=Kolkata |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/kolkata-police-jurisdiction-extended-to-south-24-parganas/cid/346913 |url-status=live |access-date=1 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727045052/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/kolkata-police-jurisdiction-extended-to-south-24-parganas/cid/346913 |archive-date=27 Jul 2023}}</ref> A major expansion took place in January 2024 with Kolkata Police acquiring charge of Bhangore area in South 24 Parganas forming the 10th and new Bhangore Division of the force along with a new Traffic Guard at Bhangore. This added 8 new police stations to area covered by Lal Bazar <ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Dwaipayam |title=Kolkata Police takes charge of Bhangore, city's 10th division |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-police-takes-charge-of-bhangar-citys-10th-police-division/articleshow/106650362.cms |work=The Times of India |date=9 January 2024 |access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>

== Equipment ==
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*[[M4 Carbine]]
*[[INSAS]] [[rifle]] in [[5.56mm NATO]]
*[[Excalibur rifle|OFB Excalibur Rifle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Excalibur-muscle-for-Bengal-police/articleshow/53565435.cms|title=Excalibur muscle for Bengal police|author=The Times of India |date=6 August 2016|work=timesofindia.com|access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyoooz.com/kolkata/563893/excalibur-muscle-for-bengal-police|title=Excalibur muscle for Bengal police |last=NYOOOZ|date=6 August 2016|work=nyoooz.com|access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref>
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*[[Pistol Auto 9mm 1A]]<ref name="wb police"/>
*[[AKM|Ghaatak]]<ref name="wb police"/>
*[[Heckler & Koch MP5]]<ref name="wb police"/>
*[[Sterling Submachine Gun]]: Indian Version
*SLR: Indian Version of [[FN FAL]]
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*[[Lee-Enfield]] [[.303 British]] [[Rifle]] : Indian Version
*[[Ordnance Factories Board|OFB]] 12 Bore Pump Action Gun.<ref name="wb police">{{cite web|title=WEST BENGAL POLICE GAZETTE|url=http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/gazette/2014/12092014.pdf|website=www.policewb.gov.in|publisher=West Bengal Police Authority|access-date=28 May 2016|date=3 September 2014}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*51mm Mortar<ref name="wb police"/>
*0.203 Riot Gun<ref name="wb police"/>
*Gas Gun<ref name="wb police"/>
*[[Grenade]]<ref name="wb police"/>
*[[Colt XM177]] 
*[[M16A2]]
*[[SIG SG 551]]
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==Criticism and Controversies==
The Kolkata Police has a history of failure to maintain law and order, as well as engaging in religious appeasement as per opinion of the opponent parties in West Bengal. The department has been severely criticized for being politically involved, along with targeting political critics and content creators.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thequint.com/opinion/kolkata-police-mamata-banerjee-dharna-cbi-supreme-court|title= Mamata Banerjee & Kolkata Police: A Marriage of Convenience?|date= 4 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-police-notice-x-users-meme-spoof-video-mamata-banerjee-lil-yachty-2535968-2024-05-06|title= Meme on Mamata Banerjee, police warns X users: 'Disclose your identity or...'|date= 6 May 2024}}</ref>

The Kolkata Police was criticized in the investigation of suicide of [[Rizwanur Rahman]] in September 2007, who was involved in an interfaith marriage with the daughter of businessman [[Ashok Todi]]. Several officers, including then commissioner [[Prasun Mukherjee]], were involved in torturing Rahman after being in cahoots with Todi.<ref>"[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070029657&ch=10/17/2007%204:39:00%20PM Rizwan case: Top cop transferred] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619034906/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070029657&ch=10%2F17%2F2007%204%3A39%3A00%20PM |date=19 June 2008 }} NDTV, 17 October 2007</ref> The case was subsequently transferred to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] after a State Government order.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070029555 Rizwanur case: CBI probe ordered] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018134232/http://ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070029555 |date=18 October 2007 }}. NDTV, 16 October 2007</ref>

Kolkata Police was also criticized for inaction in the [[Ekbalpur triple murder]] case.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-15 |title=Cops face flak in Ekbalpore triple murder case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Cops-face-flak-in-Ekbalpore-triple-murder-case/articleshow/33754697.cms |access-date=2026-01-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

===Politically Motivated Actions===

During the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 elections]], the cyber division of Kolkata Police issued warnings to 2 [[Twitter|X]] users to disclose their identity or face charges under Section 149 of CrPC, after posting a meme video of [[Trinamool Congress]] leader and CM [[Mamata Banerjee]] dancing.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-police-notice-x-users-meme-spoof-video-mamata-banerjee-lil-yachty-2535968-2024-05-06|title= Meme on Mamata Banerjee, police warns X users: 'Disclose your identity or...'|date= 6 May 2024}}</ref> However, the warning was rescinded and the tweet by the department was deleted, after [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] leader [[Narendra Modi]] retweeted the similar meme created by the users and found it entertaining.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-spoof-video-meme-mamata-banerjee-bjp-kolkata-police-notice-2536020-2024-05-06|title= PM 'delighted' on his spoof video amid row over similar meme on Mamata Banerjee|date= 6 May 2024}}</ref>

On 30 May 2025, following the [[2025 Pahalgam attack|Pahalgam Terror attack]] and the [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict|retaliatory strikes]], the Kolkata Police arrested law student and influencer Sharmistha Panoli in [[Gurugram]], after she posted a viral video which criticized Pakistan for its support towards Islamic terrorism and allegedly used disrespectful language towards the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], prompting a backlash from the Islamic community across Muslim nations; Panoli claimed that some also issued death and rape threats to her.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saha |first=Rajesh |date=31 May 2025 |title=Pune law student arrested in Gurugram for offensive Op Sindoor-linked remarks |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pune-law-student-arrested-gurugram-for-offensive-operation-sindoor-linked-remarks-2733510-2025-05-31 |website=India Today}}</ref> The department faced backlash across various social media platforms, such as [[Twitter]], for targeting her after an arrest warrant was issued against her for hurting religious sentiments, but not taking action against those who issued death and rape threats.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newsdrum.in/analysis/mamatas-police-arrests-sharmistha-for-replying-to-pakistani-trolls-on-operation-sindoor-9322424|title= Mamata's police arrests Sharmistha for replying to Pakistani trolls on Operation Sindoor}}</ref> Subsequently, Panoli was granted bail, while her complainant, Wajahat Khan, who had a history of hurting religious sentiments of Hindus and hate speech, was arrested after absconding for days.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/law-news/story/court-grants-interim-bail-to-influencer-sarmishta-panoli-in-op-sindoor-post-case-asks-cops-to-ensure-safety-2736133-2025-06-05|title= Influencer Sharmishta Panoli gets interim bail in Op Sindoor post case|date= 5 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/man-who-filed-case-against-influencer-sharmistha-panoli-arrested-in-kolkata-2738176-2025-06-09|title= Man who filed case against influencer Sharmishta Panoli arrested in Kolkata|date= 9 June 2025}}</ref>

On 16 August 2025, during the trailer launch of [[The Bengal Files]] at a Kolkata hotel, which was initially planned at a movie theatre, the screening was abruptly halted by Kolkata Police.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/the-bengal-files-trailer-halt-ignites-row-over-permit-political-blame-game-erupts-prnt/cid/2118314#goog_rewarded|title= The Bengal Files trailer halt ignites row over permit, political blame game erupts}}</ref> In response, director [[Vivek Agnihotri]] launched a scathing criticism against the West Bengal Government for stopping the screening for political reasons and labelled the action as dictatorship, despite being approved by the [[Central Board of Film Certification|CBFC]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/vivek-agnihotri-slams-cancellation-of-the-bengal-files-trailer-launch-in-west-bengal-101755309914314.html#google_vignette|title= Vivek Agnihotri says The Bengal Files trailer launch in WB was cancelled due to political pressure: I can't be silenced|date= 16 August 2025}}</ref> Subsequently, senior officers of the department stated that Agnihotri did not have the permission for the screening.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/the-bengal-files-trailer-launch-for-vivek-agnihotris-directorial-venture-halted-in-kolkata-police-cite-lack-of-permission-report/articleshow/123356339.cms|title= Agnihotri's directorial venture halted in Kolkata, police cite lack of Permission.|work= The Times of India|date= 18 August 2025}}</ref>

===Anti-Bicycle Policies and Actions===

The Kolkata Police has been infamously known for its anti-bicycle policies by enforcing arbitrary rules and imposing blanket bans on bicycles on major roads and throughfares since 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/city-of-kolkata-bans-bikes-to-reduce-traffic-but-indias-environmentalists-workers-protest/2013/10/15/f07ac840-3189-11e3-ad00-ec4c6b31cbed_story.html|title= City of Kolkata bans bikes to reduce traffic, but India's environmentalists, workers protest|newspaper= [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> The ban has been imposed to improve traffic flows, and violation of such bans has led to imposing a fine of Rs 100-300 or seizing of bicycles, along with harassment of riders at the hands of police officials. There have been protests against such bans, as bicycles have neither caused traffic congestion by traffic experts, nor the ban was approved by the State Government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/kolkata-protests-blanket-ban-on-cycling-42143|title=Kolkata protests blanket ban on cycling}}</ref> The fines imposed against bicyclists do not conform to the violations in the [[Motor Vehicles Act]], as the Act does not mention any penalties against bicyclists. Furthermore, traffic officers who impose penalties issue small slips, which are chits of plain paper a little bigger than postage stamps, with a traffic police stamp, which incensed corruption and bribery.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://scroll.in/article/828176/in-kolkata-citizens-resist-police-attempts-to-squeeze-bicycles-off-the-road|title= In Kolkata, citizens defy police attempts to squeeze bicycles off the road|date= 11 February 2017}}</ref> As a result of the ban, Public Interest Litigations were filed in the Kolkata High Court in 2014 against the traffic police department, which subsequently reduced the ban of bicycles from 174 to 62 thoroughfares following the court's intervention.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/finally-pil-against-cycle-ban/articleshow/29116839.cms |title= Cycle ban in Kolkata: activists petition high court|work= The Times of India|date= 20 January 2014}}</ref> Despite not being mandated in the Motor Vehicles Act, the Kolkata Traffic Police has been involved in seizing and impounding bicycles of riders defying or violating the ban.

Since 2018, the Kolkata Police has been condemned for being iron-handed towards bicyclists at several instances, such as performing stunts, and riding on pedestrian sidewalks/footpaths. The department tried to raise the penalties from ₹ 100 to 1000 for violators performing stunts, but since bicyclists do not require licenses, it was resisted and not implemented.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/stunt-cycling-on-roads-may-incur-rs-1000-fine/articleshow/63756026.cms|title=Stunt cycling on roads may incur Rs 1000 fine | newspaper=The Times of India | date=14 April 2018 }}</ref> Furthermore, beginning November 2021, the department began to target bicyclists who are found drunk and began to charge riders under the section 510 of the [[Indian Penal Code]] (later section 24 of [[Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita]]) instead of section 185 of the [[Motor Vehicles Act]] for public intoxication rather than drunken pedaling.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/breathalyzer-tests-keep-cyclists-in-line/articleshow/87918089.cms|title= Kolkata: Breathalyzer tests keep cyclists in line|newspaper= The Times of India|date= 26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/39-yr-old-citys-1st-cyclist-to-be-booked-for-drink-riding/articleshow/87938051.cms|title= 39-year-old Kolkata's 1st cyclist to be booked for 'drink-riding|newspaper= The Times of India|date= 27 November 2021}}</ref>

=== Handling of the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder ===

The Kolkata Police faced  criticism for its handling of the [[2024 Kolkata rape and murder]] and the protests that followed it, where in August 2024, a female doctor on night duty at [[R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital]] in North Kolkata was raped and murdered. One civic police volunteer—who had a history of violence against women—was arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the murder. On the night of 14 August, during the initial protest, a mob comprising hundreds of vandals—widely accused of belonging to the ruling party of West Bengal, the [mob]—ransacked the hospital and in doing so, destroyed much of the physical evidence present within it. The Kolkata Police were accused of inaction against the mob.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=What to know as India's medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor |url=https://apnews.com/article/india-doctor-rape-protests-what-to-know-80596fc7aa0880133f56ace5d77240b2 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Details emerge after doctor raped and murdered in India as thousands protest - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctor-raped-murdered-india-details-thousands-protest/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2024-08-17 |title=Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Protests continue across West Bengal, CBI steps up action |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/kolkata-doctors-death-protests-rage-across-state-cbi-steps-us-action/article68537257.ece |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
Following this, dissent and defamatory speech on social media (most famously on Twitter) aimed against the force and government's handling of the case was met with cease and desist notices sent by the Kolkata Police's cyber police station, under section 168 of the [[Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita]] (or the Code of Criminal Procedure).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakraborty |first=Abhishek |date=2024-08-17 |title=RG Kar Death: Internet Goes On Overdrive As X Users, Cops Trade Allegations |url=https://news.abplive.com/trending/rg-kar-medical-college-news-today-kolkata-doctor-case-full-story-rape-and-murder-social-media-rumours-police-action-1710950 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Calcutta High Court]] transferred the case over to the purview of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] soon after the protests erupted. On 20 August, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] took [[Suo moto|suo moto cognizance]] of the matter. The Court criticised the [[Government of West Bengal|state government]] and its machinery (including the Kolkata Police), among other institutions involved in the incident.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-09-15 |title=CBI arrests Sandip, Tala OC in RG Kar rape-murder case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cbi-arrests-tala-police-chief-and-hospital-principal-in-shocking-rg-kar-rape-murder-case/articleshow/113358078.cms |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

On 14 September, Inspector Abhijit Mondal of the Kolkata Police was arrested by the CBI for destruction of evidence, compromising the scene of crime and delay in filing a first information report (FIR) as per demand of opponent parties of West Bengal.<ref name=":0" /> Three days later, the state government replaced Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal on demand of the protestors and appointed Manoj Verma as [[Commissioner of the Kolkata Police|Commissioner]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-17 |title=RG Kar rape-murder case: New Kolkata police commissioner appointed and two health officials removed after CM Mamata Banerjee's meeting with doctors |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rg-kar-rape-murder-case-kolkata-police-commissioner-two-health-officials-removed-after-cm-mamata-banerjees-meeting-with-doctors/articleshow/113404165.cms |access-date=2024-10-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

During the [[Durga Puja]] festivities in October 2024, nine protesters were arrested by the Kolkata Police at a [[Pandal|puja pandal]] in Ballygunge for charges under various sections of the [[Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita]] (or the Indian Penal Code), including [[unlawful assembly]], assaulting an on-duty public servant and public mischief. The [[Calcutta High Court]] granted bail to the protesters, noting that [[prima facie]] neither were their actions politically or religiously motivated, nor was there any evidence of criminal intent as they did not harm anyone; setting the bond at ₹1,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sengupta |first=Sulagna |date=2024-10-11 |title=Calcutta HC granted bail to nine arrested for protesting outside Durga Puja pandal |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Oct/11/calcutta-hc-granted-bail-to-nine-arrested-for-protesting-outside-durga-puja-pandal |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>..

==Recreation==
{{Not to be confused|text=Calcutta Police Club}}
Kolkata Police operates Police Athletic Club ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] Police AC), a team that competes in the Premier Division of the [[Calcutta Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Sandip|last=Dey|url=https://insidesports.in/archives/1035|title=জামশিদ-নাসিরের ছোঁয়ায় ঘুরে দাঁড়াতে মরিয়া ক‍্যালকাটা পুলিশ ক্লাব|date=10 February 2021|access-date=26 November 2022|location=Kolkata|website=insidesports.in|publisher=ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস|language=bn|trans-title=Calcutta Police Club willing to bounce back in football with touches of Jamshid–Nassir duo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221133116/https://insidesports.in/archives/1035|archive-date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sanghamitra|last=Chakraborty|date=5 June 2023|url=https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html|title=Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group|language=bn|work=TV9 Bangla|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154245/https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Koushik|last=Biswas|date=5 June 2023|url=https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms|title=Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group|language=bn|work=Ei Samay|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154719/https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Divisions of Kolkata Police]]
* [[West Bengal Police]]
* [[CID West Bengal]]
* [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Chandannagar Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Howrah Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Siliguri Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Indian Imperial Police]]
* [[Kolkata Police community policing initiatives]]
* [[Kolkata Police Friendship Cup]]

==References==

{{reflist}}
* "Evolution of the Calcutta Police: A Calcutta Police presentation on the occasion of the Calcutta Tercentenary, 1990", Calcutta Police, 1990

*The Special Action Force (SAF) of the Kolkata Police, previously mentioned in historical accounts, is no longer listed as an active operational unit in the current organizational structure of the Kolkata Police. The official units currently include the Special Task Force (STF), Combat Battalion, Rapid Action Force (RAF), and other specialized divisions. (Kolkata Police Official Units⁠�)”

==External links==
{{commons category|Kolkata Police}}
* {{Official website|http://www.kolkatapolice.org/}}

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