The Ahmedabad City Police is the primary law enforcement agency and is responsible for law enforcement and public safety in Ahmedabad, the largest city of Indian state of Gujarat.

It is a subdivision and the part of the state police force of Gujarat.

The force is headed by a Commissioner.

It is responsible for the protection and safety of Ahmedabad residents.

Structure The police operate from 48 regular police stations. In addition, the Mahila Police Station was established to deal specifically with women's offenses and issues. It functions under the Crime Branch and is headed by a police inspector.

14 traffic police stations deal with traffic-related issues.

Hierarchy Higher officers:

Commissioner of Police (CP) Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP) Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP) Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Addl.DCP) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)

Subordinate ranks:

Police Inspector (PI) Police Sub-inspector (PSI) Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI) Head constable (HC) Police constable (PC)

Initiatives

Domestic help (Gharghati) online registration In the online form for domestic help registration, people employing domestic help are required to supply name, mobile number and temporary as well as permanent addresses of the owner and domestic help. Copies of their documents can be uploaded on the Ahmedabad City Police website.

Help Emergency Alert Rescue Terminal HEART is a pilot project launched by Ahmedabad City Police for women's safety. Under this project whenever a woman is assaulted, dialing a toll free number 1091 HEART would alert the police, parents/relatives/friends and provide the victim's location.

Suraksha Setu Setu programme aims to provide a friendly face to Gujarat Police.

City urban transport Transport initiatives aim for effective street management towards sustainable mobility of vehicular traffic for which DIG Ashok Kumar Yadav received an award on behalf of city police as best city urban transport initiatives at an award function in Nagpur.

Air purifiers Looking at the health of traffic police staff deployed near the Pirana dump site, the Ahmedabad police department plans to install outdoor air purifiers at traffic points to provide staff with fresh air.

PUBG ban Ahmedabad police commissioner AK Singh issued a notification immediately banning PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds [PUBG] and Momo Challenge.

Police Pathshala The Ahmedabad Traffic Police host 'Police Pathshala' with an aim to bring change in the lives of children living on footpaths.

Commissioners +List of Police CommissionersSr. No.NameFromTo1.NIRANJAN DAS6-5-19603-3-19612.N. RAMA IYER4-3-196128-11-19633.R. RAISINGHANI29-11-196315-4-1964(1.)NIRANJAN DAS16-4-196427-10-19644.J.K. SEN28-10-19648-11-19645.E.F. DEBOO9-11-19643-6-19706.N.H. SETHNA4-6-197029-1-19737.E.N. RENISON30-1-197330-4-19778.P.B. MALIA1-5-19771-6-19789.H.C. SINGH2-6-19788-7-197910.P.G. NAWANI9-7-197923-4-198011.M.M. SINGH24-4-198031-8-198212.V.T. SHAH21-9-198229-2-198413.Y.B. JHALA12-4-198431-3-198514.B.K. JHA31-3-198526-10-198615.S.N. SINHA27-10-19862-7-199116.A.K. TANDON3-7-19916-1-199217.M.M. MEHTA6-1-199230-11-199518.P.K. DATTA30-11-199531-1-199619.C.P. SINGH1-2-199621-12-199620.P.G.J. NAMPOOTHIRI22-12-19966-4-199821.HIRALAL6-4-199813-4-199922.P.C. PANDE13-4-199910-5-200223.K.R. KAUSHIK10-5-200214-12-200624.J. MAHAPATRA14-12-200620-10-200725.S.K. SAIKIA20-10-200721-05-200826.O.P. MATHUR21-05-200826-02-2009(25.)S.K. SAIKIA26-02-200903-09-2010–MOHAN JHA (I/C)04-09-201012-09-201027.AMITABH PATHAK13-09-201031-05-201128.SUDHIR SINHA01-06-201131-10-2011(25.)S.K. SAIKIA31-10-201130-09-201329.SHIVANAND JHA01-10-201313-10-201630.A.K. SINGH13-10-201625-10-201931.ASHISH BHATIA26-10-201931-07-202032.SANJAY SRIVASTAVA01-08-202030-04-2023–PREM VIR SINGH (additional charge)30-04-202331-07-202333.GYANENDRA SINGH MALIK31-07-2023Incumbent

See also

Ahmedabad Gujarat Police Special Action Force (SAF)

References

Official website

Ahmedabad Police Website - http://www.cpahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in/cpahmedabad/default.aspx Twitter - https://twitter.com/AhmedabadPolice Facebook - https://facebook.com/AhmedabadPolice Website - http://www.ahmedabadcitypolice.org Gujarat Police Website - http://www.police.gujarat.gov.in/dgp/default.aspx