The West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. The other being the Kolkata Police,which has a separate jurisdiction across Kolkata.
The commissioner of police,Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18,Lal Bazar Street,near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.
The Superintendent of Police (SP) is a rank in Indian police forces held by an officer who serves as the head of a police district primarily in rural areas. Other officers in SP rank may be appointed as the head of specialised wings,units or similar posts. In the commissionerate system in cities,an SP may be appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) under the Commissioner of Police. Since the district magistrate is the administrative head of a district encompassing the police district,the SP reports directly to the district magistrate,who has general control and direction over police administration in the district. In the organisation,SP sends monthly reports to the Director General of Police (DGP) through the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).
Prasun Mukherjee the former Commissioner of Police in the city of Kolkata,West Bengal,India and a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. In 2006 he was elected President of the Cricket Association of Bengal but lost the next election and was replaced by Jagmohan Dalmiya in 2008.
Chayan Mukherjee IPS retired as the ADG in 2005. In his career he has held many important positions in West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police department. Probably the most challenging post for which he was handpicked and is still remembered largely is as the first Superintendent of Police for the district of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal.
Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers which are Class I officers of the cadre and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.
The Uttar Pradesh Police,is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police,United Provinces under the Police Act,1861. It is headed by Director General of Police (DGP).
A Deputy Inspector General of Police is a high-ranking official position in Police in India,Bangladesh,Kenya,Malaysia,Nepal,Pakistan,Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
Haider Aziz Safwi,popularly known as 'Safwi Sahab',was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer turned politician. He was the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2016 until his death in December 2018,and previously a cabinet minister in the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) government's first term in office. He held the portfolios of Minister for Cooperation and Inland Water Transport and Minister for Correctional Administration.
Bidhannagar City Police,established on 20 January 2012,is a police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and certain adjacent areas in Greater Kolkata. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. Shri Gaurav Sharma is the current Commissioner of the Bidhannagar City Police. Shri Rajeev Kumar was the first commissioner of Bidhan Nagar City Police.
Barrackpore Police Commissionerate,established on 20 January 2012,is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision,and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police,and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District,and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction. Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.
Ranjit Kumar Gupta was Police Commissioner of Kolkata in the seventies and played a controversial role in tackling the Naxalite movement. He retired as the police chief of West Bengal.
Theetta Parambil Senkumar(born 10 June 1957) is an Indian lawyer and retired police officer in the Indian Police Service. He served as the State Police Chief of Kerala.
Soumen Mitra is an Indian police officer,who is serving as 43rd Police Commissioner of Kolkata on 8 February 2021,in the rank of DGP. Being an IPS officer,he was at 1988 cadre of IPS service from West Bengal.
Om Prakash Singh is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police,and had previously served as the Director General of CISF and Director General of NDRF.
Surajit Kar Purkayastha is a retired senior Indian Police Service officer of 1985 West Bengal cadre who served as the State Security Advisor of West Bengal from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2021. Prior to that,he served as Director General of Police of West Bengal and was the 36th Police Commissioner of Kolkata.
Rajesh Kumar is an officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and a former Commissioner of Police,Kolkata. He is currently the Member-Secretary of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB).
Mukul Goel is a retired Indian civil servant. He is the former Director General civil defence at Indian state Uttar Pradesh and had previously served as the Additional Director General (ADG) of Border Security Force. He was suspended by the erstwhile Mayawati's government in 2007 for alleged irregularities in police recruitment. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. On 11 May 2022 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath removed Director General of Police Mukul Goel from his post for inefficiency and neglecting his work. Thereafter,he worked as DGP at UP Police.
The Lucknow Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Lucknow,the capital of Uttar Pradesh,India. It is a police unit of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Lucknow district.
The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the 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 Varanasi. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP),who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank,and is assisted by two Additional Commissioners of Police who are of DIG rank,and two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP),who are of SP rank.
Additional Director General of Police 
President's Police Medal (for Distinguished Service) (2016)
Police Medal for Meritorious Service (2007)
50th Anniversary Independence Medal (1997)