Leadership
Chief Minister, Maharashtra
Smt. Manisha Patankar Mhaiskar
Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Maharashtra
Shri Sadanand Date, IPS
Director General of Police
The Chief Minister's photo is a placeholder pending department confirmation of the current office-holder. The Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and DGP cards are department-confirmed.
Mandate
The force works under the Maharashtra Police Act and the criminal laws of the country. Its core duties are the protection of life and property, prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of public peace, and enforcement of traffic and special legislation.
Alongside enforcement, the department runs citizen-facing services such as complaint registration, character and address verification, event permissions and support units for women, children and senior citizens.
Organisation
The force is headed by the Director General of Police. The state is divided into commissionerates for major urban areas and ranges for groups of districts, each district being led by a Superintendent of Police and each commissionerate by a Commissioner of Police.
Specialised wings include the Crime Investigation Department, the Anti-Terrorism Squad, the State Reserve Police Force, Highway Traffic Police, the State Intelligence Department, Maharashtra Cyber and the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Motto
The motto on the force insignia, सद्रक्षणाय खलनिग्रहणाय, is a Sanskrit phrase meaning "to protect the good and to punish the wicked". It expresses the twin purpose of protection and deterrence that guides day-to-day policing.
About this prototype
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