The Kollam City Police (Malayalam:കൊല്ലം സിറ്റി പോലീസ്‌) is the law enforcement agency concerned with the maintenance of law and order in the Indian city of Kollam and the municipality of Karunagappalli, including the Chavara, Chathannoor and Paravur divisions. Headed by a Commissioner of Police, who is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, administrative control vests with the Home Ministry of Kerala. Departments such as administration, the District Crime Records Bureau (DCRB), Crime Detachment and Special Branch are each headed by an Assistant commissioner. The Kollam City Police came into existence on 1 March 2011 following the division of the Kollam District Police force into the Kollam City Police and the Kollam Rural Police. The office of the Kollam's City Police Commissioner is si