Lucknow Police


The Lucknow Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a police unit of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Lucknow district.
It is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank, and is assisted by two Joint Commissioners of Police who is of IG rank, and five Deputy Commissioners of Police who are of SP rank.
Of the two Joint Commissioners, one looks after law and order, and the other looks after crime.
The current CP of Lucknow City is I.P.S. Amarendra Singh Sengar.

History

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, whereas Lucknow range is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of Inspector General of Police.
Police Administration of Lucknow District was headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police who was an IPS officer. He was assisted by seven Superintendents of Police /Additional Superintendents of Police . The district was divided into twelve police circles, each responsibility of a Circle Officer 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.
Home Department of Uttar Pradesh appointed IPS Sujit Pandey as the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow.

Headquarters

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.

Hierarchy

Lucknow City Police Commissionerate is headed by an IPS officer of Additional Director General of Police rank, who is appointed by the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh known as the Commissioner of Police.
Hierarchy is as follows :
S.NoName of the PostAbbreviationRankStrength
Commissioner of PoliceCPADGP1
Joint Commissioner of PoliceJCPIGP2
Deputy Commissioner of PoliceDCPSP10
Additional Deputy Commissioner of PoliceADCPAddl.SP13
Assistant Commissioner of PoliceACPASP/ DSP/ ARO29
Police InspectorInspectorInspector82
Police Sub InspectorSISI158
Head ConstableHCHC2642
Police ConstableConstableConstable6749

Roles and Responsibilities

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 in the city.

Helplines

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

    Structure, Zones, Divisions and Police Stations

Structure

The Commissionerate is headed by Commissioner of Police who is of ADG rank and assisted by two Joint Commissioner of Police of IG rank and DIG rank.
There are currently 5 zones which all are headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police and inside the zones there are total 13 divisions those who all are headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police.
There are currently total 50 police stations that comes under police commissionerate.

Zones, Divisions and Police Stations

5 zones of Police Commissionerate-
North Zone, East Zone, Central Zone, West Zone and South Zone.
Inside these zones there are 13 divisions -
Aliganj Division, Gazipur Division, Mahanagar Division, Cantt Division, Gomti Nagar Division, Hazaratganj Division, Alambagh Division, Krishnanagar Division, Chowk Division, Bazarkhala Division, Kaiserbagh Division, Mohanlalganj Division and Kakori Division. All 40 police stations lie inside these divisions.

North Zone

Aliganj Division
Aliganj PS
Mariyaon PS
Jankipuram PS
Gazipur Division
Gazipur PS
Gudamba PS
Indira Nagar PS
Mahanagar Division
Mahanagar PS
Hasanganj PS
Vikasnagar PS

East Zone

Cantt Division
Cantt PS
Ashiyana PS
PGI PS
Gomti Nagar Division
Gomti Nagar PS
Gomti Nagar Extension PS
Chinhat PS
BBD PS

Central Zone

Hazaratganj Division
Hazaratganj PS
Husainganj PS
Gautampalli PS
Women PS
Alambagh Division
Alambagh PS
Manaknagar PS
Krishnanagar Division
Krishnanagar PS
Sarojini Nagar PS
Banthara PS

West Zone

Chowk Division
Chowk PS
Wazirganj PS,
Thakurganj PS
Bazarkhala Division
Bazarkhala PS
Saadatganj PS
Talkatora PS
Kaisarbagh Division
Kaisarbagh PS
Aminabad PS
Naka PS

South Zone

Mohanlalganj Division
Mohanlalganj PS
Nagaram PS
Gosainganj PS
Sushant Golf City PS
Kakori Division
Kakori PS
Para PS
Dubagga PS
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Commissioners of Lucknow Police

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, Additional Chief Secretary and other senior bureaucrats.
The police commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of ADGP rank.
S.NoNameRankFromTillDurationRef.
1IPS Sujit PandeyADGP14 January 202018 November 2020
2IPS Dhruv Kant ThakurADGP18 November 20201 August 2022
3IPS SB ShirodkarADGP1 August 202222 June 2024
4IPS Amarendra Kumar SengarADGP23 June 2024Incumbent

Special Agencies

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.
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Insignia

Gazetted Officers

Non-gazetted Officers

Online Presence

Lucknow Police has an official handle on X and also has social media accounts on other platforms.

Lucknow Traffic Police

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.