An IPS officer from the 1989 batch, Vivek Phansalkar took charge as the city’s 77th police commissioner, on Thursday. He took charge from outgoing commissioner Sanjay Pandey.

Speaking to the media later, Phansalkar underlined his priorities. “Maintaining law and order, crime prevention and its detection will be the priority of Mumbai Police. Streamlining the traffic of the city and keeping the city safe and peaceful will be my priority. We will try to make sure that citizens going to police stations feel satisfied,” emphasized Phansalkar.