Police Commissioner of Mumbai

The Police Commissioner of Mumbai is the chief of the Mumbai Police, and an officer of the Indian Police Service. The Mumbai Police Commissioner is appointed by the Maharashtra State Government on the recommendation by the Establishment Board, which includes Additional Chief Secretary—Home department and other senior bureaucrats.

Police Commissioner of Mumbai Police
Rank Insignia of the Police Commissioner (Director General Rank)
Incumbent
Vivek Phansalkar IPS
since 1 July 2022
StyleThe Honorable
ResidenceCrawford Market, Mumbai
AppointerGovernment of Maharashtra
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderSir Frank H. Souter
Formation1864
DeputySpecial Commissioner of Police
WebsiteOfficial Website

The first commissioner was Frank Souter, who was appointed in 1864.[1]

The headquarters are opposite Crawford Market in South Mumbai.

Criticism

Julio Ribeiro wrote that some commissioners are appointed by lobbying. They are expected to repay the favour to the politicians. They transfer junior officials to positions where the politicians can make maximum illegal money.[2]

List of Police Commissioners of Mumbai

Office of Police Commissioner of Mumbai

List of former Police Commissioners of Mumbai:[3]

NameDates in OfficeBadge Name
Vivek Phansalkar 1 July 2022 — present VIVEK PHANSALKAR
Sanjay Pandey28 February 2022 — 30 June 2022SANJAY PANDEY
Hemant Nagrale17 March 2021 — 28 February 2022HEMANT NAGRALE
Param Bir Singh28 February 2020 — 17 March 2021PARAM BIR SINGH
Sanjay Barve28 February 2019 — 28 February 2020SANJAY BARVE
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal30 June 2018 — 27 February 2019SUBODH JAISWAL
Dattatray Padsalgikar31 January 2016 — 29 June 2018D. D. PADSALGIKAR
Ahmad Javed8 September 2015 — 31 January 2016AHMAD JAVED
Rakesh Maria16 February 2014 — 8 September 2015RAKESH MARIA
Dr. Satyapal Singh23 August 2012 — 31 January 2014SATYA PAL SINGH
Arup Patnaik1 March 2011 — 23 August 2012ARUP PATNAIK
Sanjeev Dayal1 June 2010 — 1 March 2011SANJEEV DAYAL
Dhanushyakodi Sivanandan13 June 2009 — 31 May 2010D. SIVANANDAN
Hasan Gafoor1 March 2008 — 12 June 2009HASAN GAFOOR
Dhananjay Jadhav7 March 2007 — 29 February 2008D. N. JADHAV
Anami Narayan Roy4 February 2004 – 6 March 2007A. N. ROY
Dr. Parvinder Singh Pasricha19 November 2003 — 3 February 2004P. S. PASRICHA
Ranjit Singh Sharma1 January 2003 — 9 November 2003R. S. SHARMA
Mahesh Narayan Singh5 May 2000 — 31 December 2002M. N. SINGH
Ronald Hyacinth Mendonca21 August 1997 — 5 May 2000R. H. MENDONCA
S. C. Malhotra
Satish Sahney Nov 1993 — Oct 1995 SATISH SAHNEY
Amarjeet Singh SamraJan 1993 — Nov 1993A. S. SAMRA
Shreekant Krushnaji BapatAugust 1992 — January 1993
Vasant Keshaorao Saraf[4]August 1987V. K. SARAF
D. S. Soman6 June 1986
Julio Francis Ribeiro25 February 1982 — 6 June 1986J. F. RIBEIRO
K. P. Medhekar
Emmanuel Sumitra ModakE. S. MODAK
K. J. Nanavatty19 June 1975 — 26 June 1977[5]
K. D. Billimoria3 July 1955 - 20 September 1957[5]
Jehangir Sohrab Bharucha15 August 1947 — 16 May 1949J. S. BHARUCHA[5]
A. E. Caffin4 February 1947 — 14 August 1947
Mr. Patrick A. Kelly1 June 1922 — 14 October 1929P. A. KELLY
F. A. M. Vincent16 April 1916 — 21 February 1920[6]
Stephen Meredyth Edwardes1909 — 1916[6]
H. G. Gell1902 — 1909[6]
Hartly Kennedy1899 — 1901[6]
Robert Hampe-Vincent1893 — 1898[6]
Col W. H. Wilson4 July 1888 — 1893[6]
Sir Frank Souter[7]14 November 1864 — 3 July 1888

See also

References

  1. Chaware, Dilip (24 November 2003). "How the city police slowly lost its glory". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. "Slow death of the institution of Mumbai Police Commissioner".
  3. "Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai | Mumbai Police". mumbaipolice.gov.in. Mumbai Police. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. Dhar, Raghu Nandan; Rahman, M. (15 September 1989). "We have a good criminal intelligence system: Bombay Police Commissioner Vasant Saraf". India Today. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. "The Irani Brothers: Last Two Parsi Police Officers Left in Mumbai - Parsi Khabar". Parsikhbar.net. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. Edwardes, Stephen Meredyth (1924). The Bombay City Police, an Historical Sketch 1672 -1916 (PDF). Oxford Press. pp. 56, 57, 58, 59. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. "What is the History of the Mumbai Police?". Togethervcan.in. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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