Abbreviation ADCP Phone 0341 225 0347 Founded 1 September 2011 | Formed September 01, 2011 Stations 17 | |
Employees Commissioner of PoliceDeputy commissionerAdditional Deputy CommissionersPolice InspectorsAssistant Police InspectorsSub Inspectors Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Motto Integrity-Service-Excellence Similar South Thanna, Hirapur Police Station, Asansol Junction, ADDITIO DISTRICT MAGISTR, Asansol Engineeri College | ||
Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate, established in 2011, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Asansol and Durgapur subdivision of West Bengal. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate carved out from the district of Burdwan, West Bengal, and has 15 police stations of Burdwan district under its jurisdiction. Ajay Nand was the first Commissioner of the Asansol - Durgapur Police Commissionerate. Now, it is headed by Vineet Goyal.
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Structure and jurisdiction
The Police commissionerate is situated at Asansol, and is divided into three divisions – East Division, West Division and Central Divisions. The commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement over an area of Asansol and Durgapur subdivision of West Bengal with the help of 15 police stations under it. The commissionerate is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who is an Indian Police Service officer in the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The commissioner is assisted by a deputy commissioner. The three divisions are headed by three Additional Deputy Commissioners. Other departments, including the detective department and the traffic wing are headed by Assistant commissioners, who are in the rank of deputy superintendent of police. The divisions are further divided into five circles, which are headed by a Circle Inspector. The police stations are headed by an Inspector.