police commissioner
Police commissioners supervise an entire police department by monitoring and regulating the administrative and operational activities of a police department, as well as developing policies and procedural methods. They are responsible for the cooperation between the various divisions in the department, and overseeing the employees' performance.
police commissioner police commissioners supervise an entire police department by monitoring and regulating the administrative and operational activities of a police department, as well as developing policies and procedural methods. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.45 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include criminology, law enforcement, investigation research methods, advise on risk management, develop investigation strategy.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £99,944 a year for Chief executives and senior officials (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £63,161 to £151,903 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 1111). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only police commissioner, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Public Safety and Security
- Law and Government
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Therapy and Counseling
What you'd actually do
- Supervise and coordinate the investigation of criminal cases, offering guidance and expertise to investigators, and ensuring that procedures are conducted in accordance with laws and regulations.
- Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates.
- Direct collection, preparation, and handling of evidence and personal property of prisoners.
- Investigate and resolve personnel problems within organization and charges of misconduct against staff.
- Explain police operations to subordinates to assist them in performing their job duties.
- Maintain logs, prepare reports, and direct the preparation, handling, and maintenance of departmental records.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does police commissioner do?
Police commissioners supervise an entire police department by monitoring and regulating the administrative and operational activities of a police department, as well as developing policies and procedural methods. They are responsible for the cooperation between the various divisions in the department, and overseeing the employees' performance.
What skills does police commissioner need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include criminology, law enforcement, investigation research methods, advise on risk management, develop investigation strategy, manage budgets. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace police commissioner?
Our AI-durability model gives police commissioner a score of 0.45 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.