Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Kolkata Police Introduce Short Video Briefings for Emergency Duties
Kolkata Police wants to make emergency-duty instructions easier to understand.
Senior officers will record short videos for junior police staff.
The videos will explain what officers should and should not do.
They will be sent through the appropriate WhatsApp groups.
Each video should be no longer than two minutes.
The rule applies before processions, large gatherings, protests and similar duties.
Senior officers must check that their teams have watched and understood the videos.
The goal is to reduce confusion and help each officer know their specific responsibility.
Kolkata Police will use video instructions to brief junior staff before emergency and law-and-order duties.
Deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners have been advised to record the instructions.
The videos must be shared in the relevant WhatsApp groups and kept within two minutes.
Senior officers must ensure that junior personnel access and understand the instructions.
The measure aims to clarify duties during processions, major gatherings, protest marches and other events.
- Who
- Kolkata Police senior officers, particularly deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners, will brief junior police personnel.
- What
- The force is introducing short video instructions before emergency and law-and-order duties.
- When
- The system will be used henceforth, before personnel are sent for such duties.
- Where
- The instructions concern duties in Kolkata and will be shared in the relevant WhatsApp groups.
- Why
- The measure is intended to prevent confusion and ensure junior staff understand their specific responsibilities.
- Issuing authority
- Office of Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay K. Nanda
- Instruction senders
- Deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners
- Recipients
- Inspectors, sub-inspectors, assistant sub-inspectors, sergeants and other subordinate staff
- Maximum video length
- Two minutes
- Sharing method
- The respective WhatsApp groups
- Covered duties
- Emergency, law-and-order, processions, major gatherings and protest marches
- Additional responsibility
- Senior officers must ensure the videos are accessed and understood