Siliguri Metropolitan Police

{{Short description|Police commissionerate in West Bengal}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox law enforcement agency

| agencyname = Siliguri Metropolitan Police

| nativename =

| abbreviation = SMP

| logo = Siliguri Metropolitan Police Logo.png

| flag = Siliguri Metropolitan Police Flag.svg

| motto = Courage Care Commitment

| mission =

| formedyear = 2012

| formedmonthday = 5 August

| preceding1 =

| dissolved =

| superseding =

| employees = Commissioner of Police
Deputy commissioners
Additional Deputy Commissioners
Assistant Commissioners
Police Inspectors
Sub Inspectors
Assistant Sub Inspectors

| volunteers =

| budget = {{INRConvert|169.57|c|1|lk=on}} {{small|(2025{{ndash}}26)}}{{Cite web |date=12 February 2025 |title=Detailed Demands for Grants for 2025-2026 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url=https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp22.pdf |access-date=12 February 2025}}

| legalpersonality =

| country = India

| countryabbr = IN

| divtype =

| divname = Siliguri

| map =

| mapcaption =

| sizearea = {{convert|640|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}

| sizepopulation = {{estimation}} 10,20,000

| legaljuris =

| governingbody = Government of West Bengal

| police = yes

| local = yes

| headquarters = Siliguri, West Bengal, India

| minister1name = Mamata Banerjee

| minister1pfo = Chief Minister of West Bengal

| chief1name = Shri Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi, IPS

| chief1position = Commissioner of Police{{cite web |title=Tripurari Atharv takes over as new CP of Siliguri |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/tripurari-atharv-takes-over-as-new-cp-of-siliguri-364206 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121001822/http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/tripurari-atharv-takes-over-as-new-cp-of-siliguri-364206 |archive-date=Jan 21, 2022 |language=en |date=18 July 2019 |url-status=live}}

| parentagency = West Bengal Police

| stationtype =

| stations = 08

| website = {{url|https://siliguripc.wbpolice.gov.in}}

| footnotes =

| reference =

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File:Panitanki to Siliguri street views - during LGFC - Bhutan 2019 (240).jpg

Siliguri Metropolitan Police, established in 2012, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the certain urban parts of Siliguri, West Bengal.{{cite news|title=Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Siliguri police hub|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/kolkata/33064201_1_mamata-banerjee-siliguri-inaugurates|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126093040/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/kolkata/33064201_1_mamata-banerjee-siliguri-inaugurates|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=6 August 2012}} The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri Police District, and has eight police stations under its jurisdiction. Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi, IPS (a IGP rank officer) has taken over charge of the Commissioner of Police, Siliguri Police Commissionerate .

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