Lucknow City Police

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 officer and was accountable to the District Magistrate for Law and Order enforcement. 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]

• First in the Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the state.
• Second one in Gautam Buddha Nagar District.

Home Department of Uttar Pradesh appointed IPS Sujit Pandey as the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow.

On 18 November 2020, Home Department transferred CP Sujeet Pandey to Arms Training Centre at Sitapur and appointed ATS Chief, IPS DK Thakur as the new CP of Lucknow.[1]

Currently, office of the Lucknow 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, CM 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 Lucknow. After the completion of the construction the office 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):

Lucknow is the capital of the state and is the centre of wide range of political, cultural, social and economic activities. The Lucknow city police has to play a number of roles so far maintenance of law and order is concerned. The Lucknow city police undertakes the following activities:

• Investigating crimes
• Controlling criminal activities
• Protection of citizens
• Control traffic problem

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 City 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 city police has taken several measures to control the traffic such as implementing Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) in the city.

Lucknow City 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;

• Police Control Room- 112
• Fire- 101
• Ambulance- 108/102
• Women helpline- 1090
• Child helpline- 1098
• Citizen call centre- 15300
• Complain against Govt. Department- 1076
• Toll free number of Chief Minister- 0522-2239296, 2236167

The Lucknow District has been divided into two police jurisdictions - Lucknow City Police Commissionerate which covers the metropolitan area of the district and Lucknow Rural Police which is having jurisdiction over the outer areas.

The Lucknow Police Commissionerate is headed by Commissioner of Police who is of ADG rank and assisted by two Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) of IG rank.

There are total 40 police stations that comes under Lucknow Police Commissionerate.

Police Commissioner of Lucknow City Police
Rank Insignia of the Police Commissioner (Additional Director General Rank)
Incumbent Dhruv Kant Thakur (IPS) since 18 November 2020
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Inaugural holder	IPS Sujit Pandey
Formation	14 January 2020 (14 January 2020)
Deputy	Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP)

Police Commissioner of Lucknow is the chief of the Lucknow City Police Commissionerate. The Lucknow 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 commissioner is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of ADGP rank.

Lucknow City Police Commissionerate is currently having 5 special agencies under it for the welfare of citizens-

1. Lucknow Traffic Police
2. Crime Branch
3. Cyber Crime
4. Women Crime and safety
5. Moter Vehicle
6. Anti Human Trafficking Unit

All these units are headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).

Source: [6]

Lucknow Police Commissionerate has an official handle on Twitter.[7]

The Lucknow Rural Police is the police department for the outer and rural areas of Lucknow District those who are not under the Lucknow Municipality.

It is headed by the Superintendent of Police (SP) who is an IPS officer and is assisted by Additional Superintendent of Police (ADSP) and 2 Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who all are PPS officers and are appointed by the Home Department of Uttar Pradesh government. The SP of Lucknow Rural Police reports to the IG of Lucknow Range and ADGP of Lucknow Zone, hence it doesn't comes under the jurisdiction of Lucknow City Police Commissionerate.

The current SP of Lucknow Rural Police is IPS Hirdesh Kumar.[8]

There are currently total 5 Police Stations under the jurisdiction of Lucknow Rural Police.

1. Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) PS
2. Itaunja PS
3. Maal PS
4. Malihabad PS
5. Nigohan PS

Source: [9]

• Uttar Pradesh Police
• Kanpur Nagar Police Commissionerate
• Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate
• Varanasi Police Commissionerate