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;10 years ago (2015-01-01)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Guwahati, Assam, Kamrup Metropolitan District, India
Guwahati class=notpageimage| Location of Guwahati in Assam
Legal jurisdiction	Kamrup Metropolitan District
Governing body	Government of Assam
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Guwahati, Panbazar, 781001
Agency executive	Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Guwahati City
Parent agency	Assam Police
Website
Police Commissionerate, Guwahati

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Re-organization

Due to the rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime.^{[ citation needed ]} 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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The East Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Basistha, ACP Sonapur, Assam and ACP Dispur.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Central Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Pan Bazaar, ACP Chandmari and ACP Noonmati.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The All Women police station is being headed by the ACP Women Unit.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Crime Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP crime and one ADCP (Crime) and ACP Crime and ACP Cybercrime.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Traffic Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP Traffic, and two ADCPs and three ACPs. ^[2]

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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	82 days

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Chakravarty to be Guwahati's first Police Commissioner". Business Standard.
2. "Officers List, Police Commissionerate, Guwahati". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
3. "Police Commissionerate Guwahati". guwahaticitypolice.gov.in.
4. "Magisterial powers for Guwahati top cop". Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.
5. "Assam Police". www.assampolice.gov.in.