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|minister1name = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
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|chief1name = Kamal Pant, IPS
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The '''Bangalore City Police''' ('''BCP''') is the [[law-enforcement agency]] of the South Indian city of [[Bangalore]]. The BCP works under the [[Karnataka Police|Karnataka State Police]] jurisdiction and is headed by the [[Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City]], currently Kamal Pant IPS.

The Bangalore City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols, [[traffic]] patrols and striking armed force mobile units. The Bangalore 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 station|police stations]] controlled by a [[Police inspector]].

Other units within the BCP include Traffic Police, City Armed Reserve (CAR), City Special Branch (CSB), City Crime Branch (CCB) and City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB).

== Bangalore City Police Hoysala Cars ==
The Bangalore City Police's mobile patrol consists of mobile vehicular patrols, including [[Suzuki Ertiga]] and [[Toyota Innova]] cars called [[Hoysala]] (named after the empire that ruled over most of Karnataka in [[Middle kingdoms of India|medieval India]]) and bike patrols called cheetah, which consists of [[TVS Apache]] and [[Bajaj Pulsar]] bikes.

The Bangalore City Police is one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use [[BlackBerry]] devices.<ref name="blorebb">{{cite news|date=18 March 2008|title=Use of BlackBerry devices by traffic police in city not to be affected|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/18/stories/2008031861030300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324005805/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/18/stories/2008031861030300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 March 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-07-05}}</ref><ref name="iekochibb">{{cite web|title=Kochi traffic police go Blackberry|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/kochi-traffic-police-go-blackberry/416576/|access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref>

==History==
Bangalore City Police, established in 1963, was the first established police force in the state of Karnataka. The first [[Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City|BCP Police Commissioner]] was C Chandi and was of the rank Deputy Inspector General of Police. Today, Bangalore City Police consists of 108 Law & Order [[police station]]s, and 42 Traffic Police Stations, including two all-women police stations. It also has more than 200 patrolling vehicles.

==Suraksha App==
For smartphone users, the BCP has Suraksha App (safety app) available for free. The app helps women in distress alert police for help, as it is linked to the police control room and patrol vehicles in the city..<ref>{{cite news|title=Karnataka Launches 'Suraksha' App For Women Safety; Adds 51 Patrol Vehicles to Fleet|url=https://www.news18.com/news/tech/karnataka-launches-suraksha-app-for-women-safety-adds-51-patrol-vehicles-to-fleet-1370888.html|date=11 April 2017|access-date=14 September 2019|publisher=News18|agency=IANS}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Karnataka Police]]
* [[Police IT]]
* [[Bangalore City Traffic Police]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bangalore City Police}}
* [https://www.bcp.gov.in/ Bangalore City Police official website]
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trinity.bnglrpolicesos Suraksha app for android]
* [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/cm-to-top-cops-stop-courting-transfer-brokers-hafta-collection/articleshow/64703919.cms News article]

{{Bangalore topics}}
{{Law enforcement in India}}

[[Category:Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:Karnataka Police]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Mysore State]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1963]]

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