Lucknow: With a nod by the state cabinet chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath for intruducing police commissioner system in Lucknow and Noida on Monday as a pilot project, a new chapter has been added to the policing system in the state.
According to the state additional chief secretary, Home, Avaneesh Awasthi, the police commissioners of Lucknow and Noida will be headed by officer of the rank of additional director general. Lucnow will have two jt commissioner of the rank of IG. Apart from it there will be 10 DCPs.
Similarly, for Noida, there will be two additional police commissioners of the rank of DIG and seven deputy police commissioners.
Immediately after announcement of police commissioners for Lucknow and Noida, the state government appointed Sujeet Pandey, a 1994 batch IPS officer, as the first Police Commissioner of Lucknow while Alok Singh has been appointed as Police commissioner of Noida.
Sujeet Pandey is presently posted as additional director general of police, Allahabad zone and is a 1994 batch IPS officer.
Alok Singh is also an ADG rank officer and belongs to the 1995 batch IPS officer.
Both the officers have a non-controversial background and are known to be upright officers.