Greater Chennai Police
The Greater Chennai Police, a division of the Tamil Nadu Police, is the law enforcement agency for the city of Chennai in India and the surrounding area. The city police force is headed by a Commissioner of Police and the administrative control vests with the Tamil Nadu Home Department.[2] There are four sub-divisions of the Greater Chennai Police, and 129 police stations. The city's traffic is managed by the Greater Chennai Traffic Police. Chennai is the first city in India to introduce e-Beat system used to measure the daily routine and performance of the police personnel.[3][4]
| Greater Chennai Police | |
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 Logo of the Greater Chennai Police | |
| Common name | Chennai Police |
| Motto | Truth alone triumphs |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1659 |
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| Employees | 98862 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Governing body | Department of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Vepery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Elected officer responsible | |
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| Parent agency | Tamil Nadu Police |
| Units | List
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 129 |
| Website | |
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History
In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing villages. Pedda Naik formed a group of peons to guard the town. By 1780 the post of Superintendent of Police was created to manage the markets. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Raj in India formed the modern Madras Police as part of its reforms.[5]
The Chennai City Traffic Police is a branch of the Greater Chennai Police, with the mission of regulating traffic in the city of Chennai. It was established in 1929 when the Police department was split into 3; i.e. Law & Order, Crime and Traffic. As of 2011, the government merged Chennai Suburban Police with Chennai city police to form The Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate.[6]
Achievements
Additional Yellow Brigades & Blue Brigades motorcycles and patrol vehicles have been introduced in Greater Chennai. Each Yellow Brigade covers a distance of 2 km2 approximately during daytime from 6 am to 9 pm. The Blue Brigade covers the same distance of 2 km2 during nighttime from 11 pm to 6.30 am. The patrol vehicles covers an approximate distance of 3.2 km2 each day. For patrol duty, 40 Jeeps have been provided equipped with police sirens, revolving lights, public address system, fire extinguisher, top search light, police display light and wireless communication system. The response time to control room calls has been brought down to 3–4 minutes. The Tamil Nadu Police claims that the crime rate in the Greater Chennai City has come down considerably after these initiatives.
The police force include 100 Hyundai Accent patrol cars that was donated by the Hyundai Motor Company, whose factory is located in Sriperumbudur, on the outskirts of the city. The cars are fitted with digital cameras, wireless communication devices and loudspeakers,[7] making this the only police force in the country to use sedan patrol cars. Patrol cars have been provided to Greater Chennai Police. Hyundai donated Accent cars to Chennai Police, of which 75 were given to Law & Order, 21 to traffic department. The remaining 4 cars were incorporated into the Chief Minister's convoy.
Hierarchy
Greater Chennai Police comes directly under Tamil Nadu Police. Greater Chennai Police is headed by one Additional Director General of Police(ADGP) of TN Police force, who is known as Commissioner. Hierarchy is as follows(from high to low level):
- Commissioner of Greater Chennai Police (CoP) / ADGP, Tamil Nadu Police.
- Additional Commissioner of Police (ACoP) {One of the Additional Commissioners head Greater Chennai Traffic Police}
- Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP)
- Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)
- Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
- Inspector
- Sub-Inspector
- Head Constable
- Constable II
- Constable I
List of police stations
Following are the list of few police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police.[8]
References
- "Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal takes charge as new Chennai Police Commissioner". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Home, Prohibition and Excise Department". Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- Vivek, Narayanan (22 August 2008). "E-beat project to monitor cops a dud". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- P. Oppili (9 July 2005). "ISO team inspects Chennai police stations". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- Klein, Ira (July 2000). "Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India". Modern Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. 34: 545–580. JSTOR 313141.
- "Tamil Nadu Police History". Tamil Nadu Police. Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- Rohini, Mohan (25 October 2006). "Hyundai patrol cars for Chennai police". IBNLive.com. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- "LIST OF POLICE STATIONS IN CHENNAI". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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