Maharashtra State Police is the law enforcement agency

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 responsible for the India

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n state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. Maharashtra Police has one of the largest police forces in the country. It has 10 Police Commissioner

Police commissioner

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ates and 35 district police units in the state.

Maharashtra Police Department is headed by Director General of Police.
The Maharashtra Police force has a total strength of nearly 180,000 and is headquartered in Mumbai

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Special units

Following are the special units of the Maharashtra Police.

• State Intelligence Department (S.I.D.): It came into existence in 1905 as C.I.D.
  Criminal Investigation Department
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   (Intelligence Wing) and was renamed to its current name in 1981. It is headed by Commissioner of Intelligence D. Sivanandhan.
• Maharashtra State C.I.D.: This Crime Branch was established in 1905 and is headquartered in Pune
  Pune
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  . It is headed by the Additional Director General Police.
• Anti-Terrorism Squad (A.T.S.): This unit was created by the Government of Maharashtra for countering terrorism
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  . It works in coordination with Central Agencies such as Intelligence Bureau
  Intelligence Bureau
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   and RAW
  Research and Analysis Wing
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• Highway Traffic Police: This branch was created in 1993.
• State Reserve Police Force (S.R.P.F.): The SRPF was raised on 6th March, 1948 as a Special Armed Police Force of the State of Maharashtra.
• Training Directorate
• Protection of Civil Rights Cell
• Motor Transport Unit: This was established in 1948 to cater to the needs of mobility of Maharashtra Police.
• State Police Wireless
• Anti-Corruption Bureau: The ACB was constituted in 1957 with a view to eradicate the bribery and corruption in the state.

Police ranks

The Maharashtra Police maintains the following ranks:

1. Director General of Police
2. Additional Director General of Police
3. Inspector General of Police
4. Deputy Inspector General of Police
5. Superintendent of Police
6. Additional Superintendent of Police
7. Assistant Superintendent of Police
8. Deputy Superintendent of Police
9. Police Inspector
10. Assistant Police Inspector
11. Police Sub Inspector
12. Assistant Police Sub Inspector
13. Head Constable
14. Police Naik
15. Police Constable