Lucknow 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 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]

• 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.

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):

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:

• 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 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;

• Police Control Room- 112
• Fire- 101
• Ambulance- 108/102
• Women helpline- 1090
• Child helpline- 1098
• Citizen call centre- 155300
• Complain against Govt. Department- 1076
• Toll free number of Chief Minister- 0522-2239296, 2236167

Police Commissioner of Lucknow
Rank Insignia of the Police Commissioner (Additional Director General Rank)
Incumbent SB Shirodkar (IPS) since 1 August 2022
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 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.

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

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

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

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Lucknow Police Commissionerate has an official handle on Twitter.[15]

Lucknow Traffic Police has the job of managing the flow of traffic in the city. It is the traffic police unit within the Lucknow Police.

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