Kanpur Police

Kanpur Police is the police department and the district unit of the Uttar Pradesh Police for the district of Kanpur Nagar and is responsible for law enforcement in the district, which includes the city of Kanpur. The Department is divided amongst the Official and the Traffic branch.

Kanpur Police
कानपुर पुलिस
Logo of the Uttar Pradesh Police – the department's parent agency
Colours of the Uttar Pradesh Police
Common nameKanpur Police
Motto"सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा"
"Your protection, our pledge"
Agency overview
Superseding agencyUttar Pradesh Police
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionDistrict of Kanpur Nagar, India
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersPolice Lines, Kanpur
Agency executives
Parent agencyUttar Pradesh Police
Facilities
Stations45[1]
Drones100[2]
Website
www.kanpurnagar.nic.in/police/

Structure

Kanpur district comes under the Kanpur Police Zone and Kanpur Police Range, Kanpur Zone is headed by an Additional Director General ranked IPS officer, and the Kanpur Range is headed Inspector General ranked IPS officer. The current ADG, Kanpur Zone is J.N.Singh,[3] and IG, Kanpur Range is Mohit Agrawal.[4]

The district police is headed by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) who is an IPS officer, and is assisted by seven Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendents of Police (Addl. SP) (East, West, South, Rural Area, Crime, Traffic and Modern Control Room), who are either IPS officers or PPS officers.[5] Each of the several police circles is headed Circle an Officer (CO) in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.[5] The current SSP/ DIG is Dr. Preetinder Singh.[5]

The final responsibility of law and order at the divisional and district level however is of the Divisional Commissioner of Kanpur and the District Magistrate of Kanpur respectively.[6][7][8]

Patrolling and duty

The district police has increased the police patrolling during late night hours and launched an awareness campaign in the commercial as well as residential localities as a precautionary measure in order to check cases of theft in the industrial district.

References
  1. "police stations in kanpur nagar" (PDF). uphome.gov.in. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. "Kanpur Police to go high-tech with drone & body-worn cameras". India Today. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. "Officers posted at Kanpur Zone". Uttar Pradesh Police. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. "Officers posted at Kanpur Range". Uttar Pradesh Police. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. "Officers posted at Kanpur Nagar". Uttar Pradesh Police. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. "Constitutional Setup". Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. "Role and Functions of Divisional Commissioner". Your Article Library. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. "Powers Of District Magistrate in India". Important India. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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