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Name	Address	Age	Talent
Juan	Spain	36	Bullfight
Pedro	Colombia	19	Mountaineering
Pablo	Bahamas	25	Scuba Diving

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Sir Frank H. Souter, Kt., C.S.I., C.I.E. (1831 – 1888) was the first Police Commissioner of Mumbai, serving from 1864 to 1888. His father was a captain in the 44th Regiment who became a prisoner in Afghanistan in 1842.

Rise to prominence

The office of Commissioner of Police came into being after a certain Colonel Bruce, Inspector-General of Police with the Government of India, was sent to Bombay (old name of Mumbai) in 1864 to investigate local conditions and to make recommendations on the police force.

Before Frank Souter was appointed Police Commissioner in 1864, he saw action in 1850 as a volunteer fighter against the rebels in the Nizam's dominions. In 1854 he was appointed Superintendent of Police in Dharwar. Subsequently, he was credited for the capture of the Nargund rebel chief during the Mutiny of 1857 and was awarded a sword of honour for this achievement. In 1859 he put to death a notorious outlaw named Bhagoji Naik and captured the latter's followers, thus ending the activities of the Bhil brigands in northern Deccan; this an other acts of courage earned for Mr. Souter a recommendation for the Victoria Cross.

Two more accolades came to Mr. Souter in the next few years. In 1868 he was presented the C.S.I. award, and in 1875 he was knighted by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales.

Incumbency as Police Commissioner

The traditional systems of Magistrates of Police and the Court of Petty Sessions were fully in force during the first thirteen years of Mr. Souter's term of office; however, these were later replaced by the Presidency Magistrates. Annual reports on police matters were prepared, in the beginning, by the Senior Magistrate and later by the Chief Presidency Magistrate. However, the Bombay Government abolished these magisterial reports in 1883 because they contained mainly sad statistics. As a result, Police Commissioner Frank Souter had the opportunity to submit the first annual report on the Police in the Town and Island of Bombay one year after the abolition.

Mr. Souter found his police force seriously undermanned, underpaid, and under-educated during the latter years of his incumbency. At one point he decried the police-to-population ratio of 1 to 506, the meager pay of Rs 10 per month received the lowest ranked constable, and the inability of most of his men to read and write. Although the Bombay Government was sympathetic with Mr. Souter's concerns, all it could do was to increase the size of the police force by about 100 men, which was still not enough.

One of the notable challenges encountered by the Police Commissioner was recorded in 1884 when Mr. Souter and his men had to deal with the traffic of about 8,000 pilgrims passing through Bombay for the annual Haj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, in addition to their regular work. Two years earlier, the annual pilgrim count justified the creation of a passport system and the appointment of a Protector of Pilgims. It also pushed the Indian legislature to consider a Pilgrims Brokers' Act.