Commissioner of Police (India)

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Commissioners of Police (CP) in India are heads of the police force in certain metropolitan areas colloquially referred to as 'police commissionerates'. They are traditionally members of the Indian Police Service with executive magisterial powers not granted to other senior police officers (members of the Indian Police Service), evolving from the historical role of justice of the peace, assigned to commissioners leading the presidency towns of British India. The rank and authority conferred upon commissioners of police is largely uniform throughout India in that they are all executive magistrates under the Code of Criminal Procedure, however varies in that a commissioner of police forces of larger cities tends to be equated to higher ranks in the Indian Police Service—three of India's four biggest cities are led by commissioners equated to the rank of director-general of police. The police commissioner of lowest rank in India is that of Thrissur City Police, which is led by a superintendent...

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