Commissioners of Police (CP) (also known as Police Commissioners) in India are IPS officers who get higher executive powers than those available to a Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) as in charge of a district police. Commissioner of Police is a post that can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above, depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government (or in case of Delhi by Central government). The jurisdiction held by CP is known as "Police Commissionerate" and can combine several adjoining districts under it.