Tamil Nadu Police

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Mounted police patrol in Chennai
Mounted police patrol in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Police Force is the law enforcing agency / department of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 140 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India.[1] Tamil Nadu has a Police population ratio of 1 : 632.[2]

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[edit] Administration

A police patrol car in Chennai
A police patrol car in Chennai

The administrative control of Tamil Nadu Police vests with the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu who holds the portfolio of Home Minister. The supervision and coordination of Police is done by the Home Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. The Force is headed by a Director General of Police. The police force has a strength of 84,328 personnel.

[edit] Zones

The State is divided into 4 Police Zones.

  • North zone
  • Central zone
  • West zone
  • South zone

Each Zone is headed by one Inspector General of Police.

[edit] City Police, district police & Police Ranges

There are six metropolitan cities in Tamil Nadu.

Each of the cities has a City Police force, headed by a Commissioner of Police. There are thirty police districts in Tamil Nadu, each headed by a Superintendent of Police. In each City and District, the Commissioner of Police / Superintendent of Police has, besides the civil police force, an armed reserve of police personnel. One Deputy Inspector General of police supervises the work of 2-3 districts, which constitute a Police Range. There are eleven ranges in Tamil Nadu.

[edit] Special units

The special units of Tamil Nadu Police perform specific functions related to security, intelligence, criminal investigations and support services.[3] They are as follows:

  • Armed Police or Tamil Nadu Special Police
  • Civil Defence and Home Guards
  • Civil Supplies, CID
  • Coastal Security Group
  • Crime Branch, CID
  • Economic Offences Wing
  • Operations - T.N. Commando Force & Commando School
  • Prohibition Enforcement Wing
  • Railway police
  • Social Justice and Human Rights
  • Special Branch , CID including Security
  • Technical Services

[edit] Achievements

Decrease in crimes registered in Tamil Nadu
Decrease in crimes registered in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu police has various distinctions and honors to its credit. It has the largest strength of women police personnel in the country, the highest number of women police stations in the country, the first women police battalion of special police, the first women Commando Force in the Country, the first established Finger Print Lab in the World, the first Integrated Modern Police Control Room in the country and has the greatest number of computers against other police departments in the Country.[4] The table shown below details on the major crime trends in the state.[5] It can be noted that the overall number of crimes registered has come down steadily over the years.

Crime head 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murder 1,647 1,487 1,389 1,365 1,273
Murder for gain 75 104 73 74 89
Dacoity 178 95 72 73 95
Robbery 650 514 464 437 450
Burglary 5,532 4,849 4,147 3,738 3,300
Theft 18,614 18,213 17,530 15,851 13,651
Total 26,696 25,262 23,675 21,538 18,858

[edit] Photo gallery

[edit] Shooting team

TAMIL NADU SHOOTING TEAM

VIJAYAKUMAR,IPS,ADGP

INSPR ELANGO

SHOOTING 2

SHOOTING 3

SHOOTING 5

INSPR ELANGO FIRING TARGET

NATIONAL FIRST JJ CUP AT INDORE MP

IGP TAMILSELVAN

[edit] Riders

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[edit] References

  1. ^ T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e
  2. ^ T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e
  3. ^ T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e
  4. ^ T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e
  5. ^ T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e

[edit] External links

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