Lucknow Police Commissionerate | |
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Abbreviation | LP |
Motto | ।। वयं रक्षणाय सेवामहे ।। Sanskrit |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 14 January 2020 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Metropolitan Region, Lucknow, India |
Lucknow Police Jurisdictional Area | |
Size | 631 km2 (244 sq mi) |
Population | 58.70 Lakhs |
Legal jurisdiction | Lucknow, India |
Governing body | Department of Home Uttar Pradesh Government |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Office of Commissioner of Police, C-226, J Rd, Vigyanpuri, Shadab Colony, Mahanagar, Lucknow |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Uttar Pradesh Police |
Child agencies |
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Facilities | |
Stations | 50 (Police Stations) |
Dial 112, Traffic Interceptors, SUV, Bikes | 1,000 |
Website | |
Lucknow 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.
It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP), who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank, and is assisted by two Joint Commissioners of Police (JCP) who is of IG rank, and five Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) who are of SP rank.
Of the two Joint Commissioners, one looks after law and order, and the other looks after crime.
The current CP of Lucknow City is I.P.S. Amarendra Singh Sengar. [1]
Before January 2020, Lucknow District Police came under Lucknow police zone and Lucknow police range of Uttar Pradesh Police. Lucknow zone is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Additional director general of police (ADG), whereas Lucknow range is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Inspector General of Police (IG).
Police Administration of Lucknow District was headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) who was an IPS officer. He was assisted by seven Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendents of Police (Addl. SP) (East, North, West, Rural area, Trans-Gomti, Protocol, Traffic and Crime). The district was divided into twelve police circles, each responsibility of a Circle Officer (CO) in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.
On 13 January 2020, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet passed the decision of making 2 police commissionerates in the state. [2]
Home Department of Uttar Pradesh appointed IPS Sujit Pandey as the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow.
Currently, office of the Police Commissioner that serves as the headquarters of the police department has been given temporary space at the office of Forensic Science Laboratory in Mahanagar.
On 5 January 2022, chief minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation of a new Hi-tech police commissionerate office that will complete in the time duration of 2 years and will be located next to the DGP residence at Rana Pratap Marg in Dalibagh area of the city. After the completion of the construction, the headquarters will be shifted there. [3]
Lucknow City Police Commissionerate is headed by an IPS officer of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) rank, who is appointed by the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh known as the Commissioner of Police.
Hierarchy is as follows (from high to low level):
S.No | Name of the Post | Abbreviation | Rank | Strength |
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(1) | Commissioner of Police | CP | ADGP | 1 |
(2) | Joint Commissioner of Police | JCP | IGP | 2 |
(3) | Deputy Commissioner of Police | DCP | SP | 10 |
(4) | Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police | ADCP | Addl.SP | 13 |
(5) | Assistant Commissioner of Police | ACP | ASP/ DSP/ ARO | 29 |
(6) | Police Inspector | Inspector | Inspector | 82 |
(7) | Police Sub Inspector | SI | SI | 158 |
(8) | Head Constable | HC | HC | 2642 |
(9) | Police Constable | Constable | Constable | 6749 |
Lucknow is the capital of the state and is the center of wide range of political, cultural, social and economic activities. The Lucknow Police has to play a number of roles so far maintenance of law and order is concerned. The department undertakes the following activities:
As Lucknow is the seat of the Uttar Pradesh Government, the Vidhan Bhawan and the Secretariat of Uttar Pradesh is situated here. For the security of both this important government building and offices there is an additional team of Lucknow Police headed by ADCP who looks after these buildings for law and order in surroundings.
Traffic control is very important, in order to avoid accidents and Lucknow police has taken several measures to control the traffic such as implementing Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) in the city.
Lucknow Police has Helpline numbers through which people can seek help without going to the police station in person. The various Helpline numbers of Lucknow City Police are as follows;
The Commissionerate is headed by Commissioner of Police who is of ADG rank and assisted by two Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) of IG rank and DIG rank.
There are currently 5 zones which all are headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and inside the zones there are total 13 divisions those who all are headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
There are currently total 50 police stations that comes under police commissionerate.
5 zones of Police Commissionerate-
North Zone, East Zone, Central Zone, West Zone and South Zone.
Inside these zones there are 13 divisions -
Aliganj Division, Gazipur Division, Mahanagar Division, Cantt Division, Gomti Nagar Division, Hazaratganj Division, Alambagh Division, Krishnanagar Division, Chowk Division, Bazarkhala Division, Kaiserbagh Division, Mohanlalganj Division and Kakori Division. All 40 police stations lie inside these divisions.
(1) Aliganj PS
(2) Mariyaon PS
(3) Jankipuram PS
(1) Gazipur PS
(2) Gudamba PS
(3) Indira Nagar PS
(1) Mahanagar PS
(2) Hasanganj PS
(3) Vikasnagar PS
(1) Cantt PS
(2) Ashiyana PS
(3) PGI PS
(1) Gomti Nagar PS
(2) Gomti Nagar Extension PS
(1) Hazaratganj PS
(2) Husainganj PS
(3) Gautampalli PS
(4) Women (Mahila) PS
(1) Alambagh PS
(2) Manaknagar PS
(1) Krishnanagar PS
(2) Sarojini Nagar PS
(3) Banthara PS
(1) Chowk PS
(2) Wazirganj PS,
(3) Thakurganj PS
(1) Bazarkhala PS
(2) Saadatganj PS
(3) Talkatora PS
(1) Kaisarbagh PS
(2) Aminabad PS
(3) Naka PS
(1) Mohanlalganj PS
(2) Nagaram PS
(3) Gosainganj PS
(4) Sushant Golf City PS
(1) Kakori PS
(2) Para PS
(3) Dubagga PS
Source: [4]
Police Commissioner of Lucknow | |
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since 23 June 2024 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
Inaugural holder | IPS Sujit Pandey |
Formation | 14 January 2020 |
Deputy | Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) |
Police Commissioner of Lucknow is the chief of the police commissionerate. The police commissioner is appointed by the Department of Home and Confidential on the recommendation by the Establishment Board, which includes Minister of Home (Uttar Pradesh Government), Additional Chief Secretary and other senior bureaucrats.
The police commissioner is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of ADGP rank.
S.No | Name | Rank | From | Till | Duration | Ref. |
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1 | IPS Sujit Pandey | ADGP | 14 January 2020 | 18 November 2020 | 309 days | [5] |
2 | IPS Dhruv Kant Thakur | 18 November 2020 | 1 August 2022 | 1 year, 256 days | [6] | |
3 | IPS SB Shirodkar | 1 August 2022 | 22 June 2024 | 1 year, 326 days | [7] | |
4 | IPS Amarendra Kumar Sengar | 23 June 2024 | Incumbent | 160 days | [8] |
Lucknow City Police Commissionerate is currently having 5 special agencies under it for the welfare of citizens-
All these units are headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
Source: [9]
Insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Director general of police | Additional director general of police [a] | Inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Senior superintendent of police [b] | Superintendent of police | Additional superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for one year) | |||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | DGP | ADGP | IGP | DIG | SSP | SP | Addl. SP | ASP | ASP | ASP | |||||||||||||||||
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Insignia | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||
Rank | Inspector [c] | Assistant inspector [d] | Sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Head constable [e] | Senior Constable [f] | Police constable | ||||||||||
Abbreviation | INSP/PI | API | SI | ASI | HC | SC | PC | ||||||||||
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Lucknow Police has an official handle on X [15] and also has social media accounts on other platforms.
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