Greater Chennai Police Explained

Agencyname:Greater Chennai Police
Commonname:Chennai Police
Logocaption:Logo of the Greater Chennai Police
Motto:Truth alone triumphs
Formedyear:1659
Preceding1:Chennai Suburban Police
Chennai City Police
Employees:23625
Country:India
Divtype:State
Divname:Tamil Nadu
Subdivtype:City
Subdivname:Chennai
Governingbody:Department of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu
Police:Yes
Local:Yes
Headquarters:Chennai Police Commissionerate
Minister1name:M. K. Stalin
Minister1pfo:Chief Minister & Minister for Home Affairs
Chief1name:A. Arun IPS
Chief1position:Commissioner of Police, Chennai
Parentagency:Tamil Nadu Police
Officetype:Borough
Stationtype:Station
Stations:132

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

Hierarchy

Officers

Subordinates

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.

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.
Non-gazetted officers

List of police stations

Following are the new list of delimitation police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police.[10]

SnStation codeStation name
1E4Abhiramapuram
2S8
3J2
4K3
5K4
6D2
7D6Anna Square
8K8
9R3Ashok Nagar
10K2
11P4
12S2
13G7
14F1
15R5
16K11CMBT
17F2
18C2Elephant Gate
19B2Esplanade
20N4Fishing Harbour
21C1Flower Bazaar
22E5
23B3
24D7Govt. Estate/M.G.R. Memorial
25C4Govt. Hospital
26E6Govt. Royapettah Hospital
27J3
28B5
29B4
30D3Ice House
31K7I.C.F.
32G4Institute of Mental Health
33V3
34N2Kasimedu
35D8K.G. Hospital
36G3
37R7K.K. Nagar
38G6KMC Hospital
39R2
40P6
41V6
42H4
43C5Kothavalchavadi
44J4
45K10
46R6Kumaran Nagar
47M1Madhavaram
48S7Madipakkam
49T4
50R1
51D5
52F7Maternity Hospital
53S3Meenambakkam
54R10MGR Nagar
55P5
56N3
57E1
58S4
59J8
60H5
61B1North Beach
62V7Nolambur
63F3
64P2
65S9
66K5
67G2
68H7Peripheral Hospital
69B6Port Marine
70P1Pulianthope
71M3
72V4Rajamangalam
73H6R.K Nagar
74R11Royala Nagar
75E2Royapettah
76N1Royapuram
77J1Saidapet
78J5Sastri Nagar
79G5Secretariat Colony
80K1
81C3Seven Wells
82R4Soundarapandiyanar Angadi (Pondy Bazaar)
83H2Stanley Hospital
84S1
85J13Taramani
86E3
87K9
88V5
89J6
90H8
91J9
92F4
93H3
94K6TP Chathiram
95D1
96R8
97R9
98J7
99G1
100V1
101R5
102P3
103H1
104D4Zam Bazaar

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home, Prohibition and Excise Department. Tamil Nadu Government. 17 December 2013.
  2. News: Vivek . Narayanan . 22 August 2008 . E-beat project to monitor cops a dud . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170008/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-22/chennai/27933680_1_e-beat-system-machines-monitoring . dead . 5 November 2012 . . 17 December 2013.
  3. News: P. Oppili . 9 July 2005 . ISO team inspects Chennai police stations . https://web.archive.org/web/20070313091417/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/09/stories/2005070900810300.htm . dead . 13 March 2007 . . 17 December 2013.
  4. Klein . Ira . July 2000 . Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India . Modern Asian Studies . Cambridge University Press . 545–580 . 313141 . 34.
  5. Web site: Tamil Nadu Police History. Tamil Nadu Police. 18 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080326170933/http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/history.html. 26 March 2008.
  6. News: Rohini. Mohan. Hyundai patrol cars for Chennai police. https://web.archive.org/web/20081202122654/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyundai-patrol-cars-for-chennai-police/24648-3.html. dead. 2 December 2008. 18 December 2013. IBNLive.com. 25 October 2006.
  7. Web site: Police Ranks. Maharashtra Police. https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030350/http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/jsp/temp/html/policerank.pdf. 15 August 2017. dead. 10 November 2004.
  8. Web site: Governance of andhra police. Kerala Police. 14 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Police Ranks and Badges. Odisha Police. 15 August 2017.
  10. Web site: LIST OF POLICE STATIONS IN CHENNAI . 27 January 2016.