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Responsibilities

PREVENTION OF CRIME

  • Surveillance over criminals.
  • Monitoring of criminal records.
  • Beat patrolling, mobile and foot patrolling, surprise checks (Naka Bandis), combing operations, and raids.
  • Participative policing at both macro and micro levels through Mohalla Committees (a neighborhood watch system) with active involvement of NGOs.
  • Implementation of preventive actions under the the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the Bombay Police Act, and other preventive legislations. Special care is taken for juvenile offenders and for preventing atrocities against the weaker sections of society through specialized cells.

 

DETECTION OF CRIME

  • Investigation and prosecution of offenders.

 

MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER

  • Maintaining law and order during festivals, elections, communal or social disturbances, and natural calamities.
  • Ensuring internal security, including VIP protection and counter-espionage measures.
  • Tackling special crimes such as white-collar offences, drug abuse, extortion by gangsters, smuggling of arms, and controlling organized gang activities.
  • Traffic Management:Mumbai, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is renowned across the country for the scientific and efficient management of its traffic despite numerous challenges. Special emphasis is given to the training of officers, public education, and effective enforcement. Enthusiastic citizens can volunteer as Traffic Wardens, while the corporate sector and NGOs actively assist in promoting traffic awareness.
  • Mumbai was the first city in India to introduce the concept of involving children — the citizens of tomorrow — in traffic management and road safety. Through the Road Safety Patrol (RSP) scheme, initiated in 1957, more than 67,000 students from nearly 500 schools are trained annually.

 

OTHER

  • Enquiry into non-cognizable cases, accidental deaths, accidental fires, etc.
  • Tracing missing persons.
  • Registration and related enquiries concerning foreign nationals.
  • Escorting treasury consignments, prisoners, juvenile offenders, and runaway girls.
  • Verification of character, antecedents, and records for issuing passports, arms licenses, and other licenses, as well as for government employment or verification of domestic servants when required.
  • Implementation of various social legislations aimed at protecting the weaker sections of society and monitoring their social status. Mumbai Police strives to prevent family breakdowns, rehabilitate drug addicts, remove social taboos, and collaborate with NGOs to improve the quality of life in today’s fast-paced and individualistic society.
  • Mumbai Police assists in reuniting runaway children with their families, helping destitute women lead a respectable life, and providing counseling for social, family, and personal conflicts. It also plays an active role in restoring normalcy after communal riots or natural calamities by participating in relief and rehabilitation efforts — organizing the collection of food, clothing, medicines, blood, and monetary aid for victims.
  • Mumbai Police has been a pioneer in spreading AIDS awareness through its extensive organizational network. It also regularly organizes blood donation camps to help the needy and works continuously for the welfare of the police force.