Department Profile: The West Karbi Anglong Police is the primary executive district policing arm of Assam Police, operating under nder the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Assam. Headquartered at Hamren, West Karbi Anglong the district police setup is led by the Sr.Superintendent of Police (SSP). It exercises jurisdiction over the hill district carved out of Karbi Anglong, safeguarding internal security, maintaining public order, and managing local police stations across the sub-division. 

Key Operational Focus Areas:

• Inter-State & Border Security: Manages critical border outposts and patrols sensitive boundary regions shared with neighboring Meghalaya.

• Community & Tribal Policing: Focuses on maintaining peace, mediating ethnic harmony and protecting vulnerable rural and tribal populations across rugged terrain.

• Crime Prevention & Counter-Insurgency: Works in tandem with specialized Assam Police wings (like Special Branch and Armed Police Battalions) to combat illegal timber trafficking, inter-state smuggling, and criminal activities.

Department Functions:  The West Karbi Anglong Police operates under the Assam Police hierarchy, led locally by the Sr.Superintendent of Police (SSP). Headquartered in Hamren, it serves as the primary law enforcement agency for the district, tailored to manage both routine civil policing and the unique security dynamics of an autonomous hill region. 

Core Functions & Responsibilities:

• Law and Order Maintenance: Preserving public peace, managing local agitations, controlling crowds, and maintaining civic order during festivals, elections, and public events. Crime Prevention & Investigation: Registering FIRs, conducting impartial investigations, tracking criminal activity, arresting offenders, and ensuring timely charge-sheeting to support the judicial process.

• Counter-Insurgency & Border Security: Monitoring border areas, executing joint operations with armed units against insurgent or militant groups, and gathering intelligence to ensure state and internal security.

• Intelligence Gathering: Operating the District Special Branch (DSB) to collect and analyze tactical intelligence on potential threats, communal issues, and subversive elements. Public Service & Protection: Safeguard human rights, protecting vulnerable groups (women, children, senior citizens), guarding vital installations, providing traffic management, and assisting in disaster relief efforts.

Office Address: Office of the Senior Superintendent of Police, West Karbi Anglong, Hamren (Assam) Pin:-782486.