Guwahati Police Commissionerate
| Guwahati Police Commissionerate | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Maintain order, prevent and detect crime by enforcing law firmly and impartially, without fear or favor, prejudice or vindictiveness |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 January 2015 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Guwahati, Assam, Kamrup Metropolitan District, India |
Guwahati Location of Guwahati in Assam | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Kamrup Metropolitan District |
| Governing body | Government of Assam |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Guwahati, Panbazar, 781001 |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Assam Police |
| Website | |
| Police Commissionerate, Guwahati [1] | |
The Guwahati Police Commissionerate is the law enforcement agency for the city of Guwahati, Assam, India. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police.
Creation
The Commissionerate of Police in Guwahati was formed on 1 January 2015.[1] It is still in its early stages.
Re-organization
Due to the rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime. In view of the above the following structure has been instituted:
- The disciplinary and administrative control of the force is being held by the Commissioner of Police, having powers and functions of Additional District Magistrate.
- The city has been divided into three police districts: the West Police District, the East Police District and the Central Police District, headed by the Superintendent of Police ranked officers, known as the Deputy Commissioners of Police.
- The West Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police) and ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Azara, Guwahati and ACP Jalukbari.
- The East Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Basistha, ACP Sonapur, Assam and ACP Dispur.
- The Central Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Pan Bazaar, ACP Chandmari and ACP Noonmati.
- The All Women police station is being headed by the ACP Women Unit.
- Each police station is under the care of Inspector of Police who is the Station House Officer (S.H.O.), and performs all the duties and exercises all the powers of the S.H.O., except that of Pragjyotishpur, Guwahati PS and Sonapur, Assam Police Stations where Sub-Inspector ranked officers are Officers-in-Charge.
- The Crime Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP crime and one ADCP (Crime) and ACP Crime and ACP Cybercrime.
- The Traffic Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP Traffic, and two ADCPs and three ACPs.[2]
List of police commissioners
| # | Name | From | To | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jyotirmay Chakravarty, IPS (AM:1986) | 1 January 2015 | 16 June 2015 | 166 days |
| 2 | Mukesh Agarwal, IPS (AM:1989) | 16 June 2015 | 26 August 2016 | 1 year, 71 days |
| 3 | Hiren Chandra Nath, IPS (AM:1996) | 27 August 2016 | 31 March 2018 | 1 year, 216 days |
| 4 | Pradip Chandra Saloi, IPS (AM:1999) | 1 April 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 274 days |
| 5 | Deepak Kumar, IPS (AM:1994) | 31 December 2018 | 13 December 2019 | 347 days |
| 6 | Munna Prasad Gupta, IPS (AM:1995) | 13 December 2019 | 14 July 2021 | 1 year, 213 days |
| 7 | Harmeet Singh, IPS (AM:1992) | 14 July 2021 | 16 December 2022 | 1 year, 155 days |
| 8 | Diganta Borah, IPS (AM:2004) | 16 December 2022 | 30 December 2024 | 2 years, 14 days |
| 9 | Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IPS (AM:2007) | 31 December 2024 | Incumbent | 184 days |
External links
References
- ^ "Chakravarty to be Guwahati's first Police Commissioner". Business Standard.
- ^ "Officers List, Police Commissionerate, Guwahati". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Police Commissionerate Guwahati". guwahaticitypolice.gov.in.
- ^ "Magisterial powers for Guwahati top cop". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Assam Police". www.assampolice.gov.in.