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{{Short description|Police Department of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname = Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate
| logo = Uttar Pradesh Logo.png
| logocaption = Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate
| motto = सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा ([[Hindi]])
| mottotranslated = ''Your Safety, Our Pledge''
| formed = {{start date and age|26 November 2022}}
| country = India
| divtype = City
| divname = [[Ghaziabad]]
| legaljuris = [[Ghaziabad]]
| governingbody = [[Department of Home (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Home<br />Uttar Pradesh Government]]
| police = Yes
| local = yes
| headquarters = Office of Commissioner of Police, [[Ghaziabad]]
| 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 = Ajay Kumar Mishra ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
| chief1position = [[Commissioner of Police]]
| parentagency = [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]
}}

The '''Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate''' is the primary [[law enforcement agency]] for the city of [[Ghaziabad]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a unit of the [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of [[Ghaziabad district|Ghaziabad]]. It is headed by the [[Commissioner of Police (India)|Commissioner of Police (CP)]], who is an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of [[Inspector-general of police|IGP]] rank.

[[Indian Police Services|IPS]] Ajay Mishra is the current and first police commissioner of Ghaziabad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2022-11-29 |title=Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj get first police commissioners |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agra-ghaziabad-and-prayagraj-get-first-police-commissioners/article66199018.ece |access-date=2022-11-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
Before November 2022, Ghaziabad District Police came under Ghaziabad Police Zone and Ghaziabad Police Range of [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]. Ghaziabad zone is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of [[Additional Director General of Police]] (ADG), whereas the Ghaziabad range is headed by an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer in the rank of [[Inspector General of Police]] (IG).

On 26 November 2022, [[Second Yogi Adityanath ministry|state's cabinet]] passed the order of making 3 more police [[Commissioner of Police (India)|commissionerates]] in the state after the success of previous 4 police commissionerates in other cities of the state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-26 |title=Police commissionerate system in Agra, Ghaziabad & Prayagraj |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/police-commissionerate-system-in-agra-ghaziabad-prayagraj-8290497/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

# Ghaziabad
# [[Agra Police Commissionerate|Agra]] and
# [[Prayagraj Police Commissionerate|Prayagraj]]

== See also ==
* [[Ghaziabad]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]
* [[Lucknow Police]]

== References ==
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh Police]]
[[Category:Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2022]]
[[Category:Law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:Ghaziabad]]
<references />{{Law enforcement in India}}

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Ajay Kumar at 17:45, 1 September 2023