Bangalore City Traffic Police
| Bengaluru City Traffic Police | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Police area of Bangalore, India |
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| Map of Bengaluru City Traffic Police's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | City of Bangalore |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Infantry Road |
| Agency executive | Dr M A Saleem, I.P.S,, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Bangalore City |
| Parent agency | Bangalore City Police |
| Facilities | |
| Traffics | 42 |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Police area agency: Prescribed geographic area in the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Bengaluru City Traffic Police (Generally known as BTP) is a specialized unit of the Bengaluru City Police responsible for overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on city roads as well as managing the flow of traffic in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka.
As of October 2014, the BTP employed 2684 full-time personnel. This included 1309 Police Constables (PCs), 825 Head Constables (HCs), 303 Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs), 191 Police Sub-Inspectors (PSIs) 45 Police Inspectors (PIs). This number excludes 9 Assistant Commissioner of Polices (ACPs), 2 Deputy Commissioner of Polices (DCPs), and 1 Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic (Addl.C.P)
The Commissioner of Police is the overall operational leader of the force, but the Force is normally managed by the Additional Commissioner of Police on behalf of the Commissioner.
A few informal names and abbreviations exist for the Bangalore Traffic Police, the most common being the BTP. Within the city, it is simply known as the Traffic Police.
The BTP's headquarters is located at #05, Infantry road, near Indian Express building.
Although the City Police system was successfully established a century ago, a traffic wing became necessary in 1930. Then Inspector General Hamilton is responsible for the formation of Traffic Police Wing in Bengaluru. The first Headquarters was at Halasur Gate Outer Station with a sanctioned strength of 2 European Constables, 7 Duffedars, 2 Constables, 12 Writers, and 37 duty officers.
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Inside View of the Traffic Management Center at Ashok Nagar Police Center, Bangalore.
Board of Traffic Management Center at Ashok Nagar Police Station, Bangalore.
Bikes used by Bangalore Traffic Police.
Interceptor of Bangalore Traffic Police at Bangalore Airport Road- Shown here Traffic Sub- Inspector of Police along with Police Constables in field action. - Photo taken with kind consent.
A Traffic Constable of Bangalore Traffic Police inside the Interceptor monitoring the traffic speed at Bangalore Airport Road. Photo taken with the consent of the Officer.
Traffic Sub-Inspector of Police of Bangalore Traffic Police with Interceptor on duty at Bangalore Airport Road. Photo taken with consent.
One of the typical Interceptors used by the Bangalore Traffic Police (BTP)- (Make and Model: Chevrolet Travera) widely used by the BTP. Photo taken at Yelahanka Traffic Police Station, Bangalore with consent.
Traffic Sub-Inspector of Police of Bangalore Traffic Police with Interceptor using Black Berry phone for the Vehicle Records and Driver records.
Bangalore City Traffic Police in Car Polling Awareness Campaign
Bangalore City Traffic Police in Car Polling Awareness Campaign
Bangalore City Traffic Police in Car Polling Awareness Campaign
Dr. M.A. Saleem IPS, Additional Police Commissioner (on the left) & Chief of Bangalore City Traffic Police & Bangalore City Police Commissioner Jyothi Prakash BG Mirji, IPS (On the right) in Press Conference.
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