UP Governor Ram Naik lent a
helping hand on Thursday to the state IPS Association's demand for a ‘Police
Commissioner System’ in the state. However, Naik's support came with a caveat -
the commissioner system should be started in districts with a population of
more than 20 lakh. Speaking at the ‘Police Week’
parade in Lucknow, Naik suggested that a project can be started in Lucknow,
Kanpur and Ghaziabad. In a ‘Commissioner System’, the
administrative power (related to law & order) of a district (in this case, ‘commissionerate’) lies with
its police commissioner instead of the district magistrate. During his speech, the governor
claimed law and order has improved in the state but it can be made better with
the ‘Commissioner System’. “Maharashtra is half the size of
Uttar Pradesh, but even they have a commissioner system in their four main
cities of Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Pune. There are 19 districts in the
country with a population of more than 20 lakh. Fourteen of these districts
have a commissioner system. The government should think about this and start
the system after studying other districts,†said Naik. IPS and PPS associations of the
state have been pushing for implementation of the commissionerate system, while
the IAS Association is firmly opposed to the idea. 
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UP Guv favours police commissioner system
By IndianMandarins - 2018-12-28 10:18:45
UP Governor Ram Naik lent a
helping hand on Thursday to the state IPS Association's demand for a ‘Police
Commissioner System’ in the state. However, Naik's support came with a caveat -
the commissioner system should be started in districts with a population of
more than 20 lakh.
Speaking at the ‘Police Week’ parade in Lucknow, Naik suggested that a project can be started in Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad.
In a ‘Commissioner System’, the administrative power (related to law & order) of a district (in this case, ‘commissionerate’) lies with its police commissioner instead of the district magistrate.
During his speech, the governor
claimed law and order has improved in the state but it can be made better with
the ‘Commissioner System’.
“Maharashtra is half the size of Uttar Pradesh, but even they have a commissioner system in their four main cities of Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Pune. There are 19 districts in the country with a population of more than 20 lakh. Fourteen of these districts have a commissioner system. The government should think about this and start the system after studying other districts,†said Naik.
IPS and PPS associations of the state have been pushing for implementation of the commissionerate system, while the IAS Association is firmly opposed to the idea.
