Each police station is headed by a Senior Inspector called the Station House Officer (SHO).
It is headed by the Commissioner of the Mumbai Police assisted by an IPS officer in the rank of Additional Director General, and each district headed is headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police in the rank of Superintendent of Police (excluding jails headed by Inspector Generals).
The force's motto is ' Sadrakṣaṇāya Khalanigrahaṇāya' ( Sanskrit: सद्रक्षणाय खलनिग्रहणाय, English: 'To protect Good and to destroy Evil'). It is a part of Maharashtra Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. The Mumbai Police ( Marathi: मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: Mumbaī Pulīs, formerly Bombay Police) is the police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
