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. 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.
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.
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.
Organisation Structure Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters Joint Commissioner of Police, Headquarters Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters Deputy Commissioner of Police, Admin Deputy Commissioner of Police, Welfare and Estate Additional Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (North) Joint Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (North Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Flower Bazaar Deputy Commissioner of Police, Washermenpet Deputy Commissioner of Police, High Court Joint Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (West Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Koyambedu Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anna Nagar Deputy Commissioner of Police, Pulianthope Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kolathur Additional Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (South) Joint Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (South Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adyar Deputy Commissioner of Police, T. Nagar Deputy Commissioner of Police, St. Thomas Mount Joint Commissioner of Police, Law & Order (East Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mylapore Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kilpauk Deputy Commissioner of Police, Triplicane Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic (North Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic North Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic West Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic (South Zone) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic South Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic East Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch Deputy Commissioner of Police, CCB - I Deputy Commissioner of Police, CCB - II Deputy Commissioner of Police, CCB - III Joint Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Section Deputy Commissioner of Police - I, Intelligence Section Deputy Commissioner of Police - II, Intelligence Section Deputy Commissioner of Police, Security Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Against Women and Children
Ranks
Category Designation Abbreviation Equivalent Rank Rank insignia Officers Commissioner of Police CP ADGP Additional Commissioner of Police Addl. CP IG Joint Commissioner of Police Jt. CP DIG Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP SP Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police ADC ADSP Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Assistant SP / DSP Subordinates Inspector of Police Insp. Same as in district police. Sub-Inspector of Police SI Special Sub-Inspector of Police SSI Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police ASI Head Constable HC Police Constable Grade I PC Gr I – Police Constable PC —
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, 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.
List of police stations Following are the new list of delimitation police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police. SnStation codeStation name1E4Abhiramapuram 2S8Adambakkam 3J2Adyar 4K3Aminjikarai 5K4Anna Nagar 6D2Annasalai 7D6Anna Square 8K8Arumbakkam 9R3Ashok Nagar10K2Ayanavaram 11P4Basin Bridge 12S2Chennai Airport 13G7Chetpet 14F1Chintadripet 15F5Choolaimedu 16K11CMBT17F2Egmore 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 House31K7I.C.F. 32G4Institute of Mental Health 33V3J.J. Nagar 34N2Kasimedu 35D8K.G. Hospital 36G3Kilpauk 37R7K.K. Nagar38G6KMC Hospital 39R2Kodambakkam 40P6Kodungaiyur 41V6Kolathur 42H4Korukkupet 43C5Kothavalchavadi 44J4Kotturpuram 45K10Koyambedu 46R6Kumaran Nagar47M1Madhavaram48S7Madipakkam49T4Maduravoyal 50R1Mambalam 51D5Marina 52F7Maternity Hospital 53S3Meenambakkam54R10MGR Nagar55P5MKB Nagar 56F6Museum57N3Muthialpet 58E1Mylapore 59S4Nandambakkam 60J8Neelankarai 61H5New Washermenpet 62B1North Beach 63V7Nolambur64F3Nungambakkam 65P2Otteri 66S9Palavanthangal 67K5Peravellore 68G2Periamet 69H7Peripheral Hospital70B6Port Marine71P1Pulianthope72M3Puzhal 73V4Rajamangalam74H6R.K Nagar 75R11Ramapuram (Royala Nagar) 76E2Royapettah77N1Royapuram78N5Rsrm Hospital 79J1Saidapet80J5Sastri Nagar81G5Secretariat Colony82K1Sembium 83C3Seven Wells 84R4Soundarapandiyanar Angadi (Pondy Bazaar)85H2Stanley Hospital 86S1St. Thomas Mount 87J13Taramani88E3Teynampet 89K9Thiru Vi Ka Nagar 90V5Thirumangalam 91J6Thiruvanmiyur 92H8Thiruvotriyur 93J9Thoraipakkam 94F4Thousand Lights 95H3Tondiarpet 96K6TP Chathiram 97D1Triplicane 98R8Vadapalani 99R9Valasaravakkam 100T5Vanagaram101J7Velachery 102G1Vepery 103V1Villivakkam 104R5Virugambakkam 105P3Vyasarpadi 106H1Washermanpet 107D4Zam Bazaar
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