Two developments have specifically hurt the Mumbai police the most. The
self-aggrandisement of the Home Department at the cost of professional
police leaders has been colossal. The authority to post even inspectors
to various police stations has been usurped by the mandarins in
Sachivalaya (State Secretariat), thereby emasculating the Commissioner
of Police and destroying the chain of command in a rigid hierarchy that
the police is. Worse still is the sale of prized field jobs to the
highest bidders. There are incredible tales of venality which would make
even the most brazen politician squirm in his seat. Things haven’t
changed despite there being many sane and credible voices. Mr. Fadnavis
has to restore the primacy of police leadership if it has to deliver.
This applies especially to the Mumbai Police Commissioner who should be
appointed on merit. In the recent past, some of the appointments to the
vital job have resulted in disastrous consequences. The Commissioner’s
appointment is fortunately not seniority-driven unlike the DGP’s. So,
the Chief Minister has some flexibility in getting to choose the right
candidate, even if an officer so anointed is relatively junior to others
staking claim to the job solely on the basis of seniority
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