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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Head of the police department in Pune, India}}<br />
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| post = Commissioner of Police, Pune<br />
| insignia = File:Director_General_of_Police.png<br />
| insigniasize = 100px<br />
| insigniacaption = Rank Insignia of the Police Commissioner<br />
| image = <br />
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| department = [[Pune Police|Pune City Police Department (PCPD)]]<br />
| style = The Honorable<br />
| residence = Sadhu Vaswani Road, Camp, Pune – 411001<br />
| seat =<br />
| appointer = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]<br />
| termlength_qualified = <br />
| constituting_instrument = <br />
| formation = 1 June 1965<br />
| succession = <br />
| deputy = <br />
| inaugural = E. S. Modak<ref name="First">{{cite news |title=First police commissioner of Pune passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/first-police-commissioner-of-pune-passes-away/ |access-date=9 January 2026 |work=[[Indian Express]] |date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.punepolice.gov.in/|Official Website}}<br />
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| incumbent = Amitesh Kumar<ref name="Current">{{cite news |last1=Inamdar |first1=Nadeem |title=Amitesh Kumar is new Pune police commissioner |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/amitesh-kumar-is-new-pune-police-commissioner-101706723027588.html |access-date=9 January 2026 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=Jan 31, 2024}}</ref><br />
| acting = <br />
| incumbentsince = February 1, 2024<br />
| reports_to = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Maharashtra)|Home Minister of Maharashtra]]<br />
| termlength = 1 to 3 years {{efn|The Pune Police Commissioner generally serves about 1–3 years, depending on government decisions.}}<br />
| status = Pune City Police Department (PCPD)<br />
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The '''Commissioner of Police, Pune''' is the head of [[Pune Police|Pune City Police Department]] (PCPD). The Government of Maharashtra appoints the Commissioner from among senior IPS officers of the state cadre.<ref name="Appointment">{{cite web |title=Police Organization of Maharashtra |url=https://home.maharashtra.gov.in/en/organization/police-organization-of-maharashtra/ |publisher=Home Department, Government of Maharashtra |access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref><br />
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The commissioner is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of the rank of [[Director general of police]] (DGP) or [[Additional director general of police]] (ADGP). The commissioner heads the police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 650&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> area and home to a population of 1.6 Crore (16 million) with a 40 lakh (4 million) floating population.<br />
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The current Pune Commissionerate came into existence on 1 July 1965. The Pune City Police Commissionerate was established in 1965, and E. S. Modak was its first commissioner, while the current being Amitesh Kumar (since February 1, 2024).<ref name="First"/> The Police Commissioner of Pune City does not exercise authority over the entire [[Pune district]]; their jurisdiction is limited to Pune City. [[Pimpri-Chinchwad]] is administered by a separate and independent Police Commissionerate with jurisdiction confined to the [[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation|PCMC]] city area, while the remaining areas of Pune district are headed by the Superintendent of Police (SP), Pune Rural, an IPS officer operating under a different command structure.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Pune district]]<br />
* [[Commissioner of the Greater Mumbai Police]]<br />
* [[Police Commissioner of Bangalore]]<br />
* [[Police Commissioner of Delhi]]<br />
* [[Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Government of Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Indian police chiefs]]</div>NoraizNafi