The UP IPS Association has called for introducing commissioner-based policing in the state. Giving examples of 12 most populous cities in the country, the association stated that police commissioner system is already running in top 10 most populous cities in the country. The association said that the same model should be adopted in Lucknow and Kanpur on an urgent basis as even in cities with a lesser population such as Nagpur, Thane or Visakhapatnam, police commissioners are heading the police force.