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Logo of the Chennai Metropolitan Police. Motto Agency overview Formed Legal personality Jurisdictional structure Operations jurisdiction* General nature City of Chennai, India 1659 Governmental: Government agency Truth alone triumphs

Law enforcement Civilian agency

Operational structure Agency executive S.George, IPS, Commissioner

Facilities Stationss Footnotes * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. The Chennai Metropolitan 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. 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] Contents [hide]

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1 History 2 Achievements 3 Chennai City Traffic Police 4 List of police stations [10] 5 References 6 External links

History[edit] In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing village[4] 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[5] In 2004, the Greater Chennai City Police had 109 Police Stations including 20 Women Police Stations and 8 out posts policing an area of 780 km2. consisting the population of 7 million.[6] On 24 August 2011 The Chennai Suburban Police Commissionerate was re-merged with Greater Chennai police to re-form The Chennai Metropolitan Police [7] Achievements[edit]

Chennai Police 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 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. 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 34 minutes. The Tamil Nadu Police claims that the crime rate in the Greater Chennai City has come down considerably after these initiatives.[8] 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 [2], 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. Chennai City Traffic Police[edit] The Chennai City Traffic Police is a division 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 trifurcated into Law & Order, Crime and Traffic.[9]

List of police stations [10][edit]

Sn Station name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Abramapuram Adambakkam Adyar Chennai Airport Ambattur Ambattur Estate Aminjikarai Anna Nagar Annasalai

10 Annasquare 11 Arumbakkam 12 Ashok nagar 13 Avadi 14 Avadi Tank 15 Ayanavaram 16 Basin Bridge 17 Chetpet 18 Chintadripet 19 Chitlapakkam 20 Choolaimedu 21 Chrompet

22 Dr.R.Krishna Nagar 23 Egmore 24 Elephant Gate 25 Ennore 26 Esplanade 27 Fishing Harbour 28 Flower Bazaar 29 Foreshore Estate 30 Fort St. George 31 Govt. Estate 32 Govt. Rsrm. Hospital 33 Guindy 34 Harbour 35 High Court 36 I.C.F. Colony 37 Ice House 38 J.J. Nagar 39 K. K. Nagar 40 Kasimedu 41 Kilpauk 42 Kodambakkam 43 Kodungaiyur

44 Kolathur 45 Korattur 46 Korukkupet 47 Kothavalchavadi 48 Kotturpuram 49 Koyambedu 50 Kumaran Nagar 51 Kunrathur 52 M.G.R. Nagar 53 MKB Nagar 54 Madhavaram Milk Colony 55 Madhavaram 56 Madipakkam 57 Maduravayal 58 Mambalam 59 Manali 60 Manali New Town 61 Mangadu 62 Marina 63 Meenambakkam 64 Muthapudupet 65 Muthialpet

66 Mylapore 67 Nandambakkam 68 Neelangarai 69 New Washermenpet 70 North Beach 71 Nungambakkam 72 Otteri 73 Palavanthangal 74 Pallavaram 75 Pallikaranai 76 Pattabiram 77 Peerkankaranai 78 Peravellore 79 Periamet 80 Pondy Bazaar 81 Poonamallee 81 Port Marine 83 Pulianthope 84 Puzhal 85 Rajamangalam 86 Red Hills 87 Royapettah

88 Royapuram 89 Saidapet 90 Sastri Nagar 91 Sathangadu 92 Secretariat Colony 93 Seerani Arangam 94 Selaiyur 95 Sembium 96 Seven Wells 97 Shankar Nagar 98 Srm College 99 St. Thomas Mount 100 T.P. Chatram 101 Teynampet 102 Tambaram 103 Thiru Vi Ka Nagar 104 Thirumangalam 105 Thirumullaivoyal 106 Thiruninravur 107 Thiruvanmiyur 108 Thiruverkadu 109 Thiruvotriyur

110 Thoraipakkam 111 Thousand Lights 112 Tondiarpet 113 Triplicane 114 Vadapalani 115 Valasaravakkam 116 Velachery 117 Vepery 118 Villivakkam 119 Virugambakkam 120 Vyasarpadi 121 Washermanpet 122 Zam Bazar References[edit] 1. Jump up^ Government of Tamil Nadu website 2. Jump up^ E-beat project to monitor cops a dud 3. Jump up^ The Hindu: ISO team inspects Chennai police stations 4. Jump up^ History of Chennai 5. Jump up^ Ira Klein, Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 545-580 6. Jump up^ History of Greater Chennai Police from Chennai city police website 7. Jump up^ [1] 8. Jump up^ Achievements of Tamil Nadu Police Dept 9. Jump up^ "History". Chennai Traffic Police. Retrieved 25 January 2012. 10. Jump up^ Tamil Nadu Police Chennai District details

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