| Pune City Police | |
| Motto | Safety,Security, Satisfaction (SSS) |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1764 |
| Employees | 9,000 (approx.) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Size | 790 km² |
| Population | 73,58,008 |
| Legal jurisdiction | Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 2,Sadhu Vaswani Road, Camp |
| Elected officer responsible | R. R. Patil (Home Minister) |
| Agency executive | Meeran Chadha Borwankar (IPS), Commissioner |
| Parent agency | Maharashtra Police |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 29 |
| Lockups | 2 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Pune City police is the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over 790 sq km comprising Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad cities in Maharashtra.[1] The city police is division of Maharashtra Police. The current Pune commissionerate came into existence on 1st July 1965. Pune City Police operates from 29 police stations. It also has the responsibility of traffic policing the city roads.
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Though policing existed in ancient and medieval period also but it was known by different names. In 1764, the Peshwa Madhav Rao I created for the first time a regular office of Kotwal or the Head of Police, and appointed Balaji Narayan Ketkar, the first Kotwal (City Police Superintendent) of Pune. The city was divided into 4 police stations, known as Kotwal Chawdi, viz. Somwar Peth, Vetal Peth, Raviwar Peth and Budhwar Peth. The next Kotwal Ghasiram added Narayan Peth and Shaniwar Peth. [2]
The British created the police department as we know it today. After conquering Sindh, as Governor of Bombay Presidency, Sir Charles Napier introduced a new force in 1843 exclusively for police work and having no links with the military. Later on, the British government passed the Police Act,1861, to re-organise the police force. [3]
The Pune City Police is headed by a Police Commissioner, who is an IPS officer. The Pune City Police comes under the state Home Ministry/Department. Currently Pune City Police comprises Commissioner of Police (1), Joint Commissioner of Police (1), Additional Commissioner of Police (4), Deputy Commissioner of Police (10), Assistant Commissioner of Police (23), Police Inspectors (135), Assistant Police Inspectors/Police Sub Inspector (570) and Police Men (8037). The Police Commissionerate is divided into two regions, North Region and South Region. Each region is headed by an Additional Commissioner of Police. Each region is divided into two zones, hence there are four Zones in Pune City viz. Zone-1, Zone-2, Zone-3, Zone-4. Each Zone is headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Each Zone is further divided into two or three sub-divisions. Each sub-division is headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). There are 9 sub-divisions in Pune Police Commissionerate. Under each sub-division, there are 3-4 Police Stations. In Pune Police Commissionerate, including Pimpri-Chinchwad Corporation, defence cantonment board(2), there are 29 Police Stations, each headed by a Senior Police Inspector. There are 3-4 Police Chowkies for each Police Station. In Pune Police Commissionerate there are 104 Police Chowkies. Each Police Chowky is headed by a API/PSI ranked Officer.[4]
Additionally it also has the following departments -
Pune Police Public School (PPPS), started in the year 2003, is an English medium school under the management of Symbiosis and Pune Citizens’ Police Foundation (PCPF). The school is affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board and imparts education from Nursery to Std X. 50% seats are reserved for children of policemen and 50% for the Open students.
The school provides quality education to policemen’s children at affordable fees. A project of the Pune Citizens Police Foundation, PPPS is the first project of its kind in India and now this project has been replicated in places like Nasik, Thane and Nagpur. Total strength in the academic year 2011-12 is 1142. The school is located opposite Rahul Theatre in Shivajinagar.
PPPS was the brain child of then Police Commissioner of Pune, Shri A.N.Roy in the year 2003. He wanted an English medium school for the police personnel’s children at affordable rates, thus came up the KG section of the PPPS. In 2005, primary and secondary classes were added besides the Mini KG.(Nursery).[10]
To maintain traffic discipline, the Pune police have launched Trafficop - an m-development project that enables on-the-spot recording of traffic violations and maintaining of past offences committed by commuters.
Trafficop is a software application installed on a Blackberry mobile device that stores individual vehicle and license data. Traffic officers can enter the vehicle and license details of the offenders on the device and in real time, see the offender's past history to issue a penalty accordingly. Each offence acts as a red mark on a report card creating a sense of fear and respect for traffic law amongst citizens. For authorities, readily available data helps them to carry out their duties efficiently. The initiative thus far has succeeded in registering 8.36 lakh offences, suspending 2400 licences, identifying 950 regular offenders, and tracing 200 stolen vehicles.
Higher authorities can monitor the system through a web interface where they can use the data regarding number, type and location of offences to determine traffic patterns and future plans of action.[11]
Trafficop has won many awards since its launch in November 2009.
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