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| Greater Chennai Police |
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| Established | 1659 |
| Stations | 122 |
| Commissioner | Thiru R. Sekar IPS |
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 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 (CCTP). 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]
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History
In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing village[3] 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 and costs of goods. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 British Raj in India as part of its reforms[4] formed the Modern Madras Police. The Greater Chennai City Police stands as of 2004 with 109 Police Stations including 20 Women Police Stations and 8 out posts policing an area of 220 Sq. Km. consisting the population of 70 lakhs [5].
Achievements
Additional Yellow Brigades & Blue Brigades motor cylcles 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.
The Yellow Brigades and Blue Brigades have been equipped with patrolling gadgets such as Sirens, Revolving Lights, Public Address System, Wireless Communication System, etc. For Patrol duty, 40 Jeeps have been provided equipped with Police Siren, 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 TN Police Department claims that the crime rate in the Greater Chennai City has come down considerably after these initiatives.[6].
List of Police stations
For the first time in Indian police history, patrol cars have been provided to Greater Chennai Police. Hyundai gifted Accent cars to chennai police,of which 75 were given to Law & Order,21 to traffic department. The remaining 4 cars add elegance to the Chief Minister's convoy.
References
- ^ Government of Tamil Nadu website
- ^ E-beat project to monitor cops a dud
- ^ History of Chennai
- ^ Ira Klein, Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 545-580
- ^ History of Greater Chennai Police from Chennai city police website
- ^ Achievements of Tamil Nadu Police Dept
External links
- Tamil Nadu Police - Official website
- The Hindu: ISO team inspects Chennai police stations
- Tamil Nadu Police Chennai District details
