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]
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]
OrganisationEdit
HierarchyEdit
Commissioner of Police (CP) (DGP/ADGP Rank)
Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP) (IG Rank)
Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP) (DIG Rank)
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (SP Rank)
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC) (ADSP Rank)
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (ASP/DSP Rank)
Inspector of Police (Insp.)
Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI)
Head Constable (HC)
Senior Constable (SC)
Police Constable (PC)
AchievementsEdit
Police women in Chennai, India in 2010Chennai Police Hyundai Accent patrol carChennai 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 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,[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.
Ranks of law enforcement in Chennai PoliceEdit
The ranks, posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a state matter. But, generally the following pattern is observed:[7][8][9]
Gazetted Officers
Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia[10][11][12]
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External linksEdit
Official website
October 20, 2023
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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 Greater Chennai PoliceLogo of the Greater Chennai PoliceCommon nameChennai PoliceMottoTruth alone triumphsAgency overviewFormed1659Preceding agencyChennai Suburban Police Chennai City PoliceEmployees23625Jurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionChennai Tamil Nadu IndiaGoverning bodyDepartment of Home Government of Tamil NaduGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquartersChennai Police CommissionerateElected officer responsibleM K Stalin Chief Minister amp Minister for Home AffairsAgency executiveSandeep Rai Rathore IPS Commissioner of Police ChennaiParent agencyTamil Nadu PoliceUnitsList AviationEmergency ServiceOrganized Crime Control BureauScuba Team and HarborSpecial VictimsMajor Case SquadTaxi SquadMovie and TelevisionSchool SafetyReal Time CrimeAuxillay PoliceCrime SceneEvidence CollectionTransit BureauHousing BureauHighway PatrolTransportation BureauFacilitiesStations132Websitetnpolice wbr gov wbr inChennai City Mounted Police officers patrolling in their khaki colored uniform during a cricket match Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 2 1 Hierarchy 3 Achievements 4 Ranks of law enforcement in Chennai Police 5 List of police stations 6 Footnotes 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditIn 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 amp 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 EditHierarchy Edit Commissioner of Police CP DGP ADGP Rank Additional Commissioner of Police Addl CP IG Rank Joint Commissioner of Police Jt CP DIG Rank Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP SP Rank Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police ADC ADSP Rank Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP ASP DSP Rank Inspector of Police Insp Sub Inspector of Police SI Assistant Sub Inspector of Police ASI Head Constable HC Senior Constable SC Police Constable PC Achievements Edit nbsp Police women in Chennai India in 2010 nbsp Chennai Police Hyundai Accent patrol car nbsp Chennai City Police s Yellow BrigadeAdditional Yellow Brigades amp 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 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 amp Order 21 to traffic department The remaining 4 cars were incorporated into the Chief Minister s convoy Ranks of law enforcement in Chennai Police EditThe ranks posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a state matter But generally the following pattern is observed 7 8 9 Gazetted OfficersIndian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia 10 11 12 Insignia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rank Director General of Police Additional Director General of Police note 1 Inspector General of Police Deputy Inspector General of Police Senior Superintendent of Police Superintendent of Police Additional superintendent of police Deputy superintendent of police Assistant Superintendent of Police Probationary Rank 2 years of service Assistant Superintendent of Police Probationary Rank 1 year of service Abbreviation DGP ADGP IGP DIG AIG SSP SP Addl SP DSP DySP ASP ASPNote Commissioner of police is a post is held by different rank officers in different places For example it is held by DG rank officers only in Delhi and Mumbai by Addl DG rank officers in Pune Ahmedabad Chennai Bangalore Kolkata Hyderabad Lucknow Varanasi Guwahati etc by IG rank officers in Gurgaon Ludhiana Mysore etc by DIG rank officers in Trivandrum Kochi etc Non gazetted officersIndian Police non gazetted officers rank insignia 13 14 15 Insignia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No insigniaRank Inspector Assistant inspector note 2 Sub inspector Assistant sub inspector Head constable note 3 note 4 Police Naik Police constable note 5 Abbreviation INS PI CI API SI ASI HC SCPO SC PC CPONote Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services List of police stations EditFollowing are the new list of delimitation police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police 16 Sn Station code Station name1 E4 Abhiramapuram2 S8 Adambakkam3 J2 Adyar4 K3 Aminjikarai5 K4 Anna Nagar6 D2 Annasalai7 D6 Anna Square8 K8 Arumbakkam9 R3 Ashok Nagar10 K2 Ayanavaram11 P4 Basin Bridge12 S2 Chennai Airport13 G7 Chetpet14 F1 Chintadripet15 R5 Choolaimedu16 K11 CMBT17 F2 Egmore18 C2 Elephant Gate19 B2 Esplanade20 N4 Fishing Harbour21 C1 Flower Bazaar22 E5 Foreshore Estate23 B3 Fort St George24 D7 Govt Estate M G R Memorial25 C4 Govt Hospital26 E6 Govt Royapettah Hospital27 J3 Guindy28 B5 Harbour29 B4 High Court30 D3 Ice House31 K7 I C F 32 G4 Institute of Mental Health33 V3 J J Nagar34 N2 Kasimedu35 D8 K G Hospital36 G3 Kilpauk37 R7 K K Nagar38 G6 KMC Hospital39 R2 Kodambakkam40 P6 Kodungaiyur41 V6 Kolathur42 H4 Korukkupet43 C5 Kothavalchavadi44 J4 Kotturpuram45 K10 Koyambedu46 R6 Kumaran Nagar47 M1 Madhavaram48 S7 Madipakkam49 T4 Maduravoyal50 R1 Mambalam51 D5 Marina52 F7 Maternity Hospital53 S3 Meenambakkam54 R10 MGR Nagar55 P5 MKB Nagar56 N3 Muthialpet57 E1 Mylapore58 S4 Nandambakkam59 J8 Neelankarai60 H5 New Washermenpet61 B1 North Beach62 V7 Nolambur63 F3 Nungambakkam64 P2 Otteri65 S9 Palavanthangal66 K5 Peravellore67 G2 Periamet68 H7 Peripheral Hospital69 B6 Port Marine70 P1 Pulianthope71 M3 Puzhal72 V4 Rajamangalam73 H6 R K Nagar74 R11 Royala Nagar75 E2 Royapettah76 N1 Royapuram77 J1 Saidapet78 J5 Sastri Nagar79 G5 Secretariat Colony80 K1 Sembium81 C3 Seven Wells82 R4 Soundarapandiyanar Angadi Pondy Bazaar 83 H2 Stanley Hospital84 S1 St Thomas Mount85 J13 Taramani86 E3 Teynampet87 K9 Thiru Vi Ka Nagar88 V5 Thirumangalam89 J6 Thiruvanmiyur90 H8 Thiruvotriyur91 J9 Thoraipakkam92 F4 Thousand Lights93 H3 Tondiarpet94 K6 TP Chathiram95 D1 Triplicane96 R8 Vadapalani97 R9 Valasaravakkam98 J7 Velachery99 G1 Vepery100 V1 Villivakkam101 R5 Virugambakkam102 P3 Vyasarpadi103 H1 Washermanpet104 D4 Zam BazaarFootnotes Edit Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP This rank only exists in the Maharashtra Police Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police The Senior Civil Police Officer rank only exist in Kerala Police The Civil Police Officer rank only exist in Kerala Police this rank is equivalent to police constable of other state police forces References Edit nbsp India portal 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 Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 Retrieved 17 December 2013 P Oppili 9 July 2005 ISO team inspects Chennai police stations The Hindu Archived from the original on 13 March 2007 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 Archived from the original on 2 December 2008 Retrieved 18 December 2013 Police Ranks PDF Maharashtra Police Archived from the original PDF on 15 August 2017 Retrieved 10 November 2004 Governance of andhra police Kerala Police Retrieved 14 August 2017 Police Ranks and Badges Odisha Police Retrieved 15 August 2017 Police Ranks PDF Maharashtra Police Retrieved 14 August 2017 Governance of Kerala Police Kerala Police Retrieved 14 August 2017 Police Ranks and Badges Odisha Police Retrieved 15 August 2017 Police Ranks PDF Maharashtra Police Retrieved 14 August 2017 Governance of Kerala Police Kerala Police Retrieved 14 August 2017 Police Ranks and Badges Odisha Police Retrieved 15 August 2017 LIST OF POLICE STATIONS IN CHENNAI Retrieved 27 January 2016 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greater Chennai Police amp oldid 1178486854, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
