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	\| incumbent = ~~[[Soumen Mitra]]~~, [[Indian Police Service\|IPS]]		\| incumbent = Vineet Kumar Goyal, [[Indian Police Service\|IPS]]
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	\| incumbentsince = ~~Feb 6~~, ~~2021~~		\| incumbentsince = Jan 1, 2022
	\| department = [[Kolkata Police Force]]		\| department = [[Kolkata Police Force]]
	\| style = The Learned Commissioner of Police		\| style = The Learned Commissioner of Police
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	\| 42 \|\| [[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 \|\| ANUJ		\| 42 \|\| [[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 \|\| ANUJ
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	\| 43 \|\| [[Soumen Mitra]]\|\| 6 Feb ~~2021–present~~ \|\| SOUMEN MITRA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/major-ips-reshuffle-soumen-mitra-back-at-the-helm-of-kolkata-police-3213265.html\|title=Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police\|date=6 February 2021}}</ref>		\| 43 \|\| [[Soumen Mitra]]\|\| 6 Feb 2021–31 Dec 2021 \|\| SOUMEN MITRA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/major-ips-reshuffle-soumen-mitra-back-at-the-helm-of-kolkata-police-3213265.html\|title=Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police\|date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
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			\| 44 \|\| Vineet Kumar Goyal\|\| 1 Jan 2021—''Incumbent''\|\|
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	The commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km<sup>2</sup> area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).		The commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km<sup>2</sup> area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

	==List of Commissioners of Police, Kolkata ~~(previously Calcutta)~~==		==List of Commissioners of Police, Kolkata==

	{\|class="wikitable"		{\|class="wikitable"
	!Sl.No !! Name !! Terms of Office !! Badge Name		!Sl.No !! Name !! Terms of Office !! Badge Name
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1 \|\| S. Wauchope \|\| ~~1856-1863~~ \|\|		\| 1 \|\| S. Wauchope \|\| 1856–1863 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2 \|\| V. H. Shalch \|\| ~~1863-1866~~ \|\|		\| 2 \|\| V. H. Shalch \|\| 1863–1866 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 3 \|\| [[Sir Stuart Hogg]] \|\| ~~1866-1876~~ \|\|		\| 3 \|\| [[Sir Stuart Hogg]] \|\| 1866–1876 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 4 \|\| C. T. Metcalfe \|\| ~~1876-1881~~ \|\|		\| 4 \|\| C. T. Metcalfe \|\| 1876–1881 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 5 \|\| Henry Harrison \|\| ~~1881-1889~~ \|\|		\| 5 \|\| Henry Harrison \|\| 1881–1889 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 6 \|\| Sir John Lambert \|\| ~~1889-1897~~ \|\|		\| 6 \|\| Sir John Lambert \|\| 1889–1897 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 7 \|\| A. H. James \|\| ~~1897-1901~~ \|\|		\| 7 \|\| A. H. James \|\| 1897–1901 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 8 \|\| E. M. Showera \|\| ~~1901-1902~~ \|\|		\| 8 \|\| E. M. Showera \|\| 1901–1902 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 9 \|\| R. D. O. Bignell \|\| ~~1902-1905~~ \|\|		\| 9 \|\| R. D. O. Bignell \|\| 1902–1905 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 10 \|\| Sir Frederick Loch Halliday \|\| ~~1905-1916~~ \|\|		\| 10 \|\| Sir Frederick Loch Halliday \|\| 1905–1916 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 11 \|\| Sir Reginald Clarke \|\| ~~1916-1923~~ \|\|		\| 11 \|\| Sir Reginald Clarke \|\| 1916–1923 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 12 \|\| [[Sir Charles Tegart]] \|\| ~~1923-1931~~ \|\|		\| 12 \|\| [[Sir Charles Tegart]] \|\| 1923–1931 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 13 \|\| L. H. Colson \|\| ~~1931-1939~~ \|\|		\| 13 \|\| L. H. Colson \|\| 1931–1939 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 14 \|\| Sir C. E. S. Fairweather \|\| ~~1939-1943~~ \|\|		\| 14 \|\| Sir C. E. S. Fairweather \|\| 1939–1943 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 15 \|\| R. E. A. Ray \|\| ~~1943-1946~~ \|\|		\| 15 \|\| R. E. A. Ray \|\| 1943–1946 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 16 \|\| D. R. Hardwick \|\| ~~1946-1947~~ \|\|		\| 16 \|\| D. R. Hardwick \|\| 1946–1947 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 17 \|\| Surendra Nath Chatterjee \|\| ~~1947-1951~~ \|\| S. N. CHATTERJEE {{efn\|he was the first Indian origin Police COmmissioner}}		\| 17 \|\| Surendra Nath Chatterjee \|\| 1947–1951 \|\| S. N. CHATTERJEE {{efn\|he was the first Indian origin Police COmmissioner}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 18 \|\| H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri \|\| ~~1951-1960~~ \|\|		\| 18 \|\| H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri \|\| 1951–1960 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 19 \|\| U. Mukherjee \|\| ~~1960-1962~~ \|\|		\| 19 \|\| U. Mukherjee \|\| 1960–1962 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 20 \|\| S. M. Ghosh \|\| ~~1962-1964~~ \|\|		\| 20 \|\| S. M. Ghosh \|\| 1962–1964 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 21 \|\| P. K. Sen \|\| ~~1964-1967~~ \|\|		\| 21 \|\| P. K. Sen \|\| 1964–1967 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 22 \|\| [[Ranjit Kumar Gupta]] \|\| ~~1967-1971~~ \|\|		\| 22 \|\| [[Ranjit Kumar Gupta]] \|\| 1967–1971 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 23 \|\| R. N. Chatterjee \|\| ~~1971-1972~~ \|\|		\| 23 \|\| R. N. Chatterjee \|\| 1971–1972 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 24 \|\| S. C. Chaudhuri \|\| ~~1972-1976~~ \|\|		\| 24 \|\| S. C. Chaudhuri \|\| 1972–1976 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 25 \|\| S. Basu \|\| ~~1976-1978~~ \|\|		\| 25 \|\| S. Basu \|\| 1976–1978 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 26 \|\| S. K. Sinha \|\| ~~1978-1980~~ \|\|		\| 26 \|\| S. K. Sinha \|\| 1978–1980 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 27 \|\| N. Som \|\| ~~1980-1984~~ \|\|		\| 27 \|\| N. Som \|\| 1980–1984 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 28 \|\| B. K. Basu \|\| ~~1984-1988~~ \|\|		\| 28 \|\| B. K. Basu \|\| 1984–1988 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|\| 29 \|\| B. K. Saha \|\| ~~1988-1992~~ \|\|		\|\| 29 \|\| B. K. Saha \|\| 1988–1992 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 30 \|\| T. K. Talukdar \|\| ~~1992-1996~~ \|\|		\| 30 \|\| T. K. Talukdar \|\| 1992–1996 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 31 \|\| D. C. Vajpai \|\| ~~1996-2001~~ \|\|		\| 31 \|\| D. C. Vajpai \|\| 1996–2001 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 32 \|\| S. K. Chakravarti \|\| ~~2001-2004~~ \|\|		\| 32 \|\| S. K. Chakravarti \|\| 2001–2004 \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 33 \|\| [[Prasun Mukherjee]] \|\| 17 Oct ~~2004–2007~~ \|\| PRASUN MUKHERJEE		\| 33 \|\| [[Prasun Mukherjee]] \|\| 17 Oct 2004 – 2007 \|\| PRASUN MUKHERJEE
	\|-		\|-
	\| 34 \|\| Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti \|\| 17 Oct ~~2007–16~~ Mar 2011 \|\| GAUTAM		\| 34 \|\| Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti \|\| 17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011 \|\| GAUTAM
	\|-		\|-
	\| 35 \|\| Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda \|\| 17 Mar ~~2011–14~~ Feb 2013 \|\| R. K. PACHNANDA		\| 35 \|\| Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda \|\| 17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013 \|\| R. K. PACHNANDA
	\|-		\|-
	\| 36 \|\| [[Surajit Kar Purkayastha]] \|\| 14 Feb ~~2013–13~~ Feb 2016 \|\| SURAJIT		\| 36 \|\| [[Surajit Kar Purkayastha]] \|\| 14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016 \|\| SURAJIT
	\|-		\|-
	\| 37 \|\| Rajeev Kumar \|\| 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 \|\| RAJEEV		\| 37 \|\| Rajeev Kumar \|\| 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 \|\| RAJEEV
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	\| 39 \|\| Rajeev Kumar \|\| 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 \|\| RAJEEV<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-police-commissioner-rajeev-kumar-under-cbi-scanner-1446077-2019-02-03\|title=Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?\|work=India Today\|date=3 February 2019\|author=Munish Chandra Pandey}}</ref>		\| 39 \|\| Rajeev Kumar \|\| 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 \|\| RAJEEV<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-police-commissioner-rajeev-kumar-under-cbi-scanner-1446077-2019-02-03\|title=Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?\|work=India Today\|date=3 February 2019\|author=Munish Chandra Pandey}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| 40 \|\|[[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 19 February 2019 - 5 April 2019 \|\| ANUJ<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/anuj-sharma-appointed-new-kolkata-police-chief/articleshow/68061970.cms\|title=Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief\|work=Times of India\|date=19 February 2019\|author=Debashish Konar}}</ref>		\| 40 \|\|[[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019 \|\| ANUJ<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/anuj-sharma-appointed-new-kolkata-police-chief/articleshow/68061970.cms\|title=Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief\|work=Times of India\|date=19 February 2019\|author=Debashish Konar}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| 41 \|\| [[Rajesh Kumar (IPS)\|Dr. Rajesh Kumar]]\|\| 6 April 2019 - 26 May 2019 \|\| DR. RAJESH		\| 41 \|\| [[Rajesh Kumar (IPS)\|Dr. Rajesh Kumar]]\|\| 6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019 \|\| DR. RAJESH
	\|-		\|-
	\| 42 \|\| [[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 26 May 2019 - 6 Feb 2021 \|\| ANUJ		\| 42 \|\| [[Anuj Sharma (IPS)\|Anuj Sharma]]\|\| 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 \|\| ANUJ
	\|-		\|-
	\| 43 \|\| [[Soumen Mitra]]\|\| 6 Feb 2021–present \|\| SOUMEN MITRA<ref>https://www.oneindia.com/india/major-ips-reshuffle-soumen-mitra-back-at-the-helm-of-kolkata-police-3213265.html</ref>		\| 43 \|\| [[Soumen Mitra]]\|\| 6 Feb 2021–present \|\| SOUMEN MITRA<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/major-ips-reshuffle-soumen-mitra-back-at-the-helm-of-kolkata-police-3213265.html\|title=Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police\|date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
	\|}		\|}

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	The '''Commissioner of Police, Kolkata''' is the chief of the [[Kolkata Police]]. The 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 '''Commissioner of Police, Kolkata''' is the chief of the [[Kolkata Police]]. The Kolkata [[Commissioner of Police (India)\|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 commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km<sup>2</sup> area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).		The commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km<sup>2</sup> area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

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The '''Commissioner of Police, Kolkata''' is the chief of the [[Kolkata Police]]. The 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 commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km<sup>2</sup> area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

==List of Commissioners of Police, Kolkata (previously Calcutta)==

{|class="wikitable"
!Sl.No !! Name !! Terms of Office !! Badge Name
|-
| 1 || S. Wauchope || 1856-1863 ||
|-
| 2 || V. H. Shalch || 1863-1866 ||
|-
| 3 || [[Sir Stuart Hogg]] || 1866-1876 ||
|-
| 4 || C. T. Metcalfe || 1876-1881 ||
|-
| 5 || Henry Harrison || 1881-1889 ||
|-
| 6 || Sir John Lambert || 1889-1897 ||
|-
| 7 || A. H. James || 1897-1901 ||
|-
| 8 || E. M. Showera || 1901-1902 ||
|-
| 9 || R. D. O. Bignell || 1902-1905 ||
|-
| 10 || Sir Frederick Loch Halliday || 1905-1916 ||
|-
| 11 || Sir Reginald Clarke || 1916-1923 ||
|-
| 12 || [[Sir Charles Tegart]] || 1923-1931 ||
|-
| 13 || L. H. Colson || 1931-1939 ||
|-
| 14 || Sir C. E. S. Fairweather || 1939-1943 ||
|-
| 15 || R. E. A. Ray || 1943-1946 ||
|-
| 16 || D. R. Hardwick || 1946-1947 ||
|-
| 17 || Surendra Nath Chatterjee || 1947-1951 || S. N. CHATTERJEE {{efn|he was the first Indian origin Police COmmissioner}}
|-
| 18 || H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri || 1951-1960 ||
|-
| 19 || U. Mukherjee || 1960-1962 ||
|-
| 20 || S. M. Ghosh || 1962-1964 ||
|-
| 21 || P. K. Sen || 1964-1967 ||
|-
| 22 || [[Ranjit Kumar Gupta]] || 1967-1971 ||
|-
| 23 || R. N. Chatterjee || 1971-1972 ||
|-
| 24 || S. C. Chaudhuri || 1972-1976 ||
|-
| 25 || S. Basu || 1976-1978 ||
|-
| 26 || S. K. Sinha || 1978-1980 ||
|-
| 27 || N. Som || 1980-1984 ||
|-
| 28 || B. K. Basu || 1984-1988 ||
|-
|| 29 || B. K. Saha || 1988-1992 ||
|-
| 30 || T. K. Talukdar || 1992-1996 ||
|-
| 31 || D. C. Vajpai || 1996-2001 ||
|-
| 32 || S. K. Chakravarti || 2001-2004 ||
|-
| 33 || [[Prasun Mukherjee]] || 17 Oct 2004–2007 || PRASUN MUKHERJEE
|-
| 34 || Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti || 17 Oct 2007–16 Mar 2011 || GAUTAM
|-
| 35 || Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda || 17 Mar 2011–14 Feb 2013 || R. K. PACHNANDA
|-
| 36 || [[Surajit Kar Purkayastha]] || 14 Feb 2013–13 Feb 2016 || SURAJIT
|-
| 37 || Rajeev Kumar || 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 || RAJEEV
|-
| 38 || [[Soumen Mitra]] || 13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016 || SOUMEN MITRA<ref>{{citation|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Rajeev-Kumar-removed-Soumen-Mitra-new-Kolkata-CP/articleshow/51796835.cms|title=Rajeev Kumar removed, Soumen Mitra new CP of Kolkata|work=Times of India}}</ref>
|-
| 39 || Rajeev Kumar || 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 || RAJEEV<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-police-commissioner-rajeev-kumar-under-cbi-scanner-1446077-2019-02-03|title=Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?|work=India Today|date=3 February 2019|author=Munish Chandra Pandey}}</ref>
|-
| 40 ||[[Anuj Sharma (IPS)|Anuj Sharma]]|| 19 February 2019 - 5 April 2019 || ANUJ<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/anuj-sharma-appointed-new-kolkata-police-chief/articleshow/68061970.cms|title=Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief|work=Times of India|date=19 February 2019|author=Debashish Konar}}</ref>
|-
| 41 || [[Rajesh Kumar (IPS)|Dr. Rajesh Kumar]]|| 6 April 2019 - 26 May 2019 || DR. RAJESH
|-
| 42 || [[Anuj Sharma (IPS)|Anuj Sharma]]|| 26 May 2019 - 6 Feb 2021 || ANUJ
|-
| 43 || [[Soumen Mitra]]|| 6 Feb 2021–present || SOUMEN MITRA<ref>https://www.oneindia.com/india/major-ips-reshuffle-soumen-mitra-back-at-the-helm-of-kolkata-police-3213265.html</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City]]
* [[Commissioner of Police, Delhi]]

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