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.[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 Police
Logo of the Greater Chennai Police
Logo of the Greater Chennai Police
Common nameChennai Police
MottoTruth alone triumphs
Agency overview
Formed1659
Preceding agency
  • Chennai Suburban Police
    Chennai City Police
Employees23625
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Governing bodyDepartment of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersChennai Police Commissionerate
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyTamil Nadu Police
Units
List
  • Aviation
  • Emergency Service
  • Organized Crime Control Bureau
  • Scuba Team and Harbor
  • Special Victims
  • Major Case Squad
  • Taxi Squad
  • Movie and Television
  • School Safety
  • Real Time Crime
  • Auxillay Police
  • Crime Scene
  • Evidence Collection
  • Transit Bureau
  • Housing Bureau
  • Highway Patrol
  • Transportation Bureau
Facilities
Stations132
Website
tnpolice.gov.in
Chennai City Mounted Police officers patrolling in their khaki colored uniform during a cricket match.

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

Hierarchy
  • 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
Police women in Chennai, India in 2010
Chennai Police Hyundai Accent 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 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 Police

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]
Insignia
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 ASP

.

Non-gazetted officers
Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia [13][14][15]
Insignia No insignia
Rank 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/CPO
  • Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.

List of police stations

Following are the new list of delimitation police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police.[16]

SnStation codeStation name
1E4Abhiramapuram
2S8Adambakkam
3J2Adyar
4K3Aminjikarai
5K4Anna Nagar
6D2Annasalai
7D6Anna Square
8K8Arumbakkam
9R3Ashok Nagar
10K2Ayanavaram
11P4Basin Bridge
12S2Chennai Airport
13G7Chetpet
14F1Chintadripet
15R5Choolaimedu
16K11CMBT
17F2Egmore
18C2Elephant Gate
19B2Esplanade
20N4Fishing Harbour
21C1Flower Bazaar
22E5Foreshore Estate
23B3Fort St. George
24D7Govt. Estate/M.G.R. Memorial
25C4Govt. Hospital
26E6Govt. Royapettah Hospital
27J3Guindy
28B5Harbour
29B4High Court
30D3Ice House
31K7I.C.F.
32G4Institute of Mental Health
33V3J.J. Nagar
34N2Kasimedu
35D8K.G. Hospital
36G3Kilpauk
37R7K.K. Nagar
38G6KMC Hospital
39R2Kodambakkam
40P6Kodungaiyur
41V6Kolathur
42H4Korukkupet
43C5Kothavalchavadi
44J4Kotturpuram
45K10Koyambedu
46R6Kumaran Nagar
47M1Madhavaram
48S7Madipakkam
49T4Maduravoyal
50R1Mambalam
51D5Marina
52F7Maternity Hospital
53S3Meenambakkam
54R10MGR Nagar
55P5MKB Nagar
56N3Muthialpet
57E1Mylapore
58S4Nandambakkam
59J8Neelankarai
60H5New Washermenpet
61B1North Beach
62V7Nolambur
63F3Nungambakkam
64P2Otteri
65S9Palavanthangal
66K5Peravellore
67G2Periamet
68H7Peripheral Hospital
69B6Port Marine
70P1Pulianthope
71M3Puzhal
72V4Rajamangalam
73H6R.K Nagar
74R11Royala Nagar
75E2Royapettah
76N1Royapuram
77J1Saidapet
78J5Sastri Nagar
79G5Secretariat Colony
80K1Sembium
81C3Seven Wells
82R4Soundarapandiyanar Angadi (Pondy Bazaar)
83H2Stanley Hospital
84S1St. Thomas Mount
85J13Taramani
86E3Teynampet
87K9Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
88V5Thirumangalam
89J6Thiruvanmiyur
90H8Thiruvotriyur
91J9Thoraipakkam
92F4Thousand Lights
93H3Tondiarpet
94K6TP Chathiram
95D1Triplicane
96R8Vadapalani
97R9Valasaravakkam
98J7Velachery
99G1Vepery
100V1Villivakkam
101R5Virugambakkam
102P3Vyasarpadi
103H1Washermanpet
104D4Zam Bazaar

Footnotes
  1. Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.
  2. This rank only exists in the Maharashtra Police.
  3. Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
  4. The Senior Civil Police Officer rank only exist in Kerala Police
  5. The Civil Police Officer rank only exist in Kerala Police, this rank is equivalent to police constable of other state police forces.

References
  1. "Home, Prohibition and Excise Department". Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Klein, Ira (July 2000). "Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India". Modern Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. 34: 545–580. JSTOR 313141.
  5. "Tamil Nadu Police History". Tamil Nadu Police. Archived from the original on 26 March 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. 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.
  7. "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2004.
  8. "Governance of andhra police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  10. "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  11. "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  12. "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  13. "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  14. "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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  16. "LIST OF POLICE STATIONS IN CHENNAI". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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