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Chennai Metropolitan Police

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Chennai Metropolitan Police

Logo of the Chennai Metropolitan Police.

Motto Truth alone triumphs

Agency overview

Formed 1659

Legal personality Governmental: Government agency

Jurisdictional structure

Operations jurisdiction*

City of Chennai, India

General nature Law enforcement

Civilian agency

Operational structure

Agency executive S.George, IPS, Commissioner

Facilities

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Stationss 122

Footnotes

* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Chennai Metropolitan 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 ministry.[1]There are thirty six sub-divisions of the Greater Chennai Police, and 121 police stations. The city's traffic is managed by the Chennai City 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]

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1 History

2 Achievements

3 Chennai City Traffic Police

4 List of police stations [10]

5 References

6 External links

History[edit]

In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing village[4] 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]

In 2004, the Greater Chennai City Police had 109 Police Stations including 20 Women Police Stations and 8 out posts policing an area of 780 km2. consisting the population of 7 million.[6] On 24 August 2011 The Chennai Suburban Police Commissionerate was re-merged with Greater Chennai police to re-form The Chennai Metropolitan Police [7]

Achievements[edit]

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Chennai Police patrol car

Chennai City Police's Yellow Brigade

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 day time from 6 am to 9 pm. The Blue Brigade covers the same distance of 2 km2 during night time 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.[8]

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 [2], 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.

Chennai City Traffic Police[edit]

The Chennai City Traffic Police is a division 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 trifurcated into Law & Order, Crime and Traffic.[9]

List of police stations [10][edit]

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Sn Station name

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23 Egmore

24 Elephant Gate

25 Ennore

26 Esplanade

27 Fishing Harbour

28 Flower Bazaar

29 Foreshore Estate

30 Fort St. George

31 Govt. Estate

32 Govt. Rsrm. Hospital

33 Guindy

34 Harbour

35 High Court

36 I.C.F. Colony

37 Ice House

38 J.J. Nagar

39 K. K. Nagar

40 Kasimedu

41 Kilpauk

42 Kodambakkam

43 Kodungaiyur

44 Kolathur

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Zam Bazar

References[edit]

1. Jump up^    Government of Tamil Nadu website

2. Jump up^    E-beat project to monitor cops a dud

3. Jump up^    The Hindu: ISO team inspects Chennai police stations

4. Jump up^    History of Chennai

5. Jump up^    Ira Klein, Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 545-580

6. Jump up^    History of Greater Chennai Police from Chennai city police website

7. Jump up^    [1]

8. Jump up^    Achievements of Tamil Nadu Police Dept

9. Jump up^    "History". Chennai Traffic Police. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

10. Jump up^    Tamil Nadu Police Chennai District details

External links[edit]

Tamil Nadu Police - Official website

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