Chennai City Police

Greater Chennai Police
Logo of the Greater Chennai Police
Common name	Chennai Police
Motto	Truth alone triumphs
Agency overview
Formed	1659
Preceding agency	Chennai Suburban Police Chennai City Police
Employees	23625
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Governing body	Department of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Chennai Police Commissionerate
Elected officer responsible	C. Joseph Vijay, Chief Minister & Minister for Home Affairs
Agency executive	Abhin Dinesh Modak IPS, Commissioner of Police, Chennai
Parent agency	Tamil Nadu Police
Units	List Law & Order Central Crime Branch Intelligence Section Traffic Police Crime Against Women and Children Headquarters Motor Transport Armed Reserve Cyber Crime Cell
Facilities
Stations	132
Website
tnpolice.gov.in

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.^[1] There are four sub-divisions of the Greater Chennai Police, and 104 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.^[2][3]

History

In 1659, when Chennai (then called Madras) 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.^[4]

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, namely, 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.^[5]

Organisation

Ranks

Category	Designation	Abbreviation	Equivalent Rank	Rank insignia
Officers	Commissioner of Police	CP	ADGP
	Additional Commissioner of Police	Addl. CP	IG
	Joint Commissioner of Police	Jt. CP	DIG
	Deputy Commissioner of Police	DCP	SP
	Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police	ADC	ADSP
	Assistant Commissioner of Police	ACP	Assistant SP / DSP
Subordinates	Inspector of Police	Insp.	Same as in district police.
	Sub-Inspector of Police	SI
	Special Sub-Inspector of Police	SSI
	Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police	ASI
	Head Constable	HC		(Shirt sleeve insignia)
	Police Constable Grade I	PC Gr I		–
	Police Constable	PC		—

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 cover 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 claim 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 were 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,^[6] 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.

List of police stations

Following are the new list of delimitation police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police.^[7]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website