as the appointment of deputies and subordinate officers. The Commissioner is a policeman administrator appointed by the appointed by the Governor of Saint Petersburg, confirmed after the approval of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly by recommendation of the President of Russia, and serves indefinitely at the Governor's will. The position is sometimes mistaken as the Chief of Police, which is separate from the Saint Petersburg Police and the holder of which serves as the Deputy to the Head of Internal Affairs. The current Commissioner is Lieutenant-General Roman Plugin, who was appointed by Governor Aleksander Beglov and took office on 2019. The longest serving Commissioner is Aleksander Sokolov, who served as Commissioner of the Leningrad Militsiya for 10 years (1962–1972), under Mayors Vasily Isayev and Aleksandr Sizov. List of heads of Main Interior affairs Dept. of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Arkady Kramarev (1990–1994) Yuri Loskutov (1994–1996) Anatoly Ponidelko (1996–1998) Victor Vlasov (June 1998 – November 1999) Benjamin Petukhov (1999–2002) Mikhail Vanichkin (2002–2006) Vladislav Piotrovsky (2006–2011) Mikhail Sukhodolsky (2011–2012) Sergey Umnov (2012–2019) Roman Plugin (Since February 28, 2019) Former positions Oberpolitzmeister of Saint Petersburg The position of Commissioner can be traced back to the position of Oberpolitzmeister, meaning "Chief master of the police" in German, created by Tsar Peter the Great when he founded the Saint Petersburg Police in 1718 to take charge of the day-to-day operation of the service. List of Oberpolitzmeisters of Saint Petersburg Anton de Vieira (1718–1745), while serving as Mayor of Saint Petersburg Christoph von Münnich (1731–1732) Vasily Saltykov (1732–1740) Fyodor Naumov (1740–1744) Alexei Tatischev (1745–1760) Nikolai Corff (1760–1766) Nikolai Chicherin (1764–1778) Dmitry Volkov (1778–1782) Nikita Riliev (1784–1794) Fyodor Trepov (1866–1873) Alexander Kozlov (1881–1882) Peter Gresser (1882–1883) List of commissioners of the Leningrad Militsiya Clement Voroshilov (1917–1918) Aleksandr Sokolov (1962–1972) Popular culture Television series Petersburg Gangsters (Бандитский Петербург) features the conflict between Saint Petersburg Police and local criminals. Liteiniy, 4 (Литейный, 4) is centered on a special unit in the Saint Petersburg Police located on Liteyny Avenue. The title of the show is a reference to the address of Bolshoy Dom, the Saint Petersburg headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Deadly Force (Убойная сила) starring Konstantin Khabensky, one of the most popular TV series about Saint Petersburg Police, was aired on Channel One since 2000 til 2005, for 6 seasons and 57 episodes. Alongside this series, was another TV Show about local police called Streets of