Senior IPS officer Sujit Pandey today took over as the first police commissioner of Lucknow. Senior IPS officer Alok Singh also took charge as the first commissioner of police of the newly-formed Gautam Buddh Nagar commissionerate.<br />''<br />''Yogi Adityanath government had on Monday approved the commissionerate system of policing in Lucknow and Noida. The system gives more powers, including magisterial powers, to police officers and is aimed at better and effective policing. <br />