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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
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]
Contents
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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]
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]
Sn Station name
1 Abramapuram
2 Adambakkam
3 Adyar
4 Chennai Airport
5 Ambattur
6 Ambattur Estate
7 Aminjikarai
8 Anna Nagar
9 Annasalai
10 Annasquare
11 Arumbakkam
12 Ashok nagar
13 Avadi
14 Avadi Tank
15 Ayanavaram
16 Basin Bridge
17 Chetpet
18 Chintadripet
19 Chitlapakkam
20 Choolaimedu
21 Chrompet
22 Dr.R.Krishna Nagar
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
45 Korattur
46 Korukkupet
47 Kothavalchavadi
48 Kotturpuram
49 Koyambedu
50 Kumaran Nagar
51 Kunrathur
52 M.G.R. Nagar
53 MKB Nagar
54 Madhavaram Milk Colony
55 Madhavaram
56 Madipakkam
57 Maduravayal
58 Mambalam
59 Manali
60 Manali New Town
61 Mangadu
62 Marina
63 Meenambakkam
64 Muthapudupet
65 Muthialpet
66 Mylapore
67 Nandambakkam
68 Neelangarai
69 New Washermenpet
70 North Beach
71 Nungambakkam
72 Otteri
73 Palavanthangal
74 Pallavaram
75 Pallikaranai
76 Pattabiram
77 Peerkankaranai
78 Peravellore
79 Periamet
80 Pondy Bazaar
81 Poonamallee
81 Port Marine
83 Pulianthope
84 Puzhal
85 Rajamangalam
86 Red Hills
87 Royapettah
88 Royapuram
89 Saidapet
90 Sastri Nagar
91 Sathangadu
92 Secretariat Colony
93 Seerani Arangam
94 Selaiyur
95 Sembium
96 Seven Wells
97 Shankar Nagar
98 Srm College
99 St. Thomas Mount
100
T.P. Chatram
101
Teynampet
102
Tambaram
103
Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
104
Thirumangalam
105
Thirumullaivoyal
106
Thiruninravur
10 Thiruvanmiyur
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108
Thiruverkadu
109
Thiruvotriyur
110
Thoraipakkam
111
Thousand Lights
112
Tondiarpet
113
Triplicane
114
Vadapalani
115
Valasaravakkam
116
Velachery
117
Vepery
118
Villivakkam
119
Virugambakkam
120
Vyasarpadi
121
Washermanpet
122
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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