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The Chennai Police, a division of the Tamil Nadu Police

Tamil Nadu Police

The Tamil Nadu Police Force is the law enforcing agency / department of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 150 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India. Tamil Nadu has a Police population ratio of 1 : 632.-Administration:...

, is the law enforcement agency for the city of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

and the surrounding area. The city police force is headed by a Commissioner of Police and the administrative control vests with the Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

Home ministry. 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 City Traffic Police

Chennai City Traffic Police or CCTP is a division of the Greater Chennai Police, which regulates traffic in the city of Chennai, India.-Public awareness campaigns:...

(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.

History

In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing village 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

Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

in India as part of its reforms 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 780 km². consisting the population of 70 lakhs.
On 24th August 2011 The Chennai Suburban Police Commissionerate was re-merged with Greater Chennai police to re-form The Chennai Metropolitan Police

Achievements

Additional Yellow Brigades & Blue Brigades motor cycles 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

Tamil Nadu Police

claims that the crime rate in the Greater Chennai

Chennai

City has come down considerably after these initiatives.

List of police stations

For the first time in Indian police history, patrol cars have
been provided to Greater Chennai Police. Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

gifted Accent cars to Chennai Police, of which 75 were given to Law & Order, 21 to traffic department. The remaining 4 cars to add elegance to the Chief Minister's convoy.>

Sn	Station name
ARANI Arani Arani or Aarani may refer to:* Arani, Hindu, goddess of female sexuality and fire.* Arani, Bolivia, a city in Bolivia* Arani Municipality, a municipality in Bolivia* Arani Province, a province in Bolivia...	1	Abiramapuram
2	Adampakkam
3	Adyar
4	Chennai Airport
5	Ambattur Ambattur -Administration:Ambattur comes under the new Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency. It was previously under the North Chennai parliamentary constituency and along with Villivakkam, it was the largest assembly constituency in India. The delimitation process of assembly constituencies has given...
6	Ambattur Estate
7	Aminjikarai Aminjikarai Aminjikarai is one of the oldest localities in Chennai. It is located on the banks of the Cooum River. The arterial Poonamallee High Road runs through it. Aminjikarai was annexed to Madras District in the year 1946, and Arumbakkam and Anna Nagar were carved out of Aminjikarai in the '50s and '70s...
8	Anna Nagar Anna Nagar Anna Nagar , formely known as Naduvakkarai, is a neighbourhood in the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. Named after the Tamil leader C. N. Annadurai, it is located in the north-western part of Chennai and forms a part of Egmore-Nungambakkam taluk...
9	Annasalai
10	Annasquare
11	Arumbakkam Arumbakkam Arumbakkam is primarily a residential locality in Chennai.Notable landmarks in Arumbakkam are D G Vaishnav College, Speed Medical Centre & Hospitals, Daniel Thomas School, Kola Perumal School,sri Panchali Amman Temple,sivan temple and the Ford Showroom...
12	Ashok nagar
13	Avadi Avadi Avadi is a suburb of chennai and a municipality in Thiruvallur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Avadi is an acronym for "Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India". Situated about 23 km north west of Chennai, it is surrounded by major defence establishments.-Geography:Avadi...
14	Avadi Tank
15	Ayanavaram Ayanavaram Ayanpuram or Ayanavaram is one of the many localities of Chennai and is located in West Chennai about 8 kilometres from the city center. The Konnur High Road, one of the important connecting roads in Chennai runs through Ayanavaram. Ayanavaram is one of the peripheral commercial areas of...
16	Basin Bridge Basin Bridge Basin Bridge is the confluence of the Otteri Nullah and Buckingham Canal in Chennai, India. The Madras Boating Club operates rowing events in this place....
17	Chetpet Chetpet This page is about Chetpet village in Thiruvannamalai. See Chetput for the Chennai suburb.Chetpet is a panchayat town in Thiruvanaamalai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.-Demographics:...
18	Chintadaripet
19	Chitlapakkam Chitlapakkam - Overview :Chitlapakkam is a fast-developing suburb, located about 7 km from the Chennai International Airport. It is near to Tambaram. Land values grew as the demographics favoured software professionals working with various IT Companies in Sholinganallur or OMR as the IT super highway is...
20	Choolaimedu Choolaimedu Choolaimedu is a large residential commercial locality in Chennai, India. It borders Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, M.M.D.A.Colony, Aminjikarai, Mahalingapuram and Nungambakkam...
21	Chrompet
22	Dr.R.Krishna Nagar
23	Egmore Egmore -Main places:* Chennai Egmore railway station.* Office of the commissioner of Greater Chennai Police department.* Government Museum, Chennai.* Connemara Public Library, one of the biggest libraries in India.* National Art Gallery...
24	Elephant Gate
25	Ennore Ennore Ennore is a suburb in Chennai, India. Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Korttalaiyar River, Ennore creek and the Bay of Bengal...
26	Esplanade Esplanade An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress' guns...
27	Fishing Harbour
28	Flower Bazaar
29	Foreshore Estate Foreshore Estate Foreshore Estate is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India.It is one of the primary sites in the city for the immersion of the Ganesh idols during the annual Ganesh festival. The idols are first paraded down South Marina Beach before being bought to Foreshore Estate for immersion in the sea. The...
30	Fort St. George
31	Govt. Estate
32	Govt. Rsrm. Hospital
33	Guindy Guindy Guindy is one of the important neighbourhoods of Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the South-Western part of the city. It is the entry point or the gateway to Chennai city from the Southern parts of Tamil Nadu and the South Western suburbs of Chennai...
34	Harbour
35	High Court High Courts of India India's unitary judicial system is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the national level, for the entire country and the 21 High Courts at the State level. These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories...
36	I.C.F. Colony
37	Ice House
38	J.J. Nagar Mogappair Mogappair is a fast-developing residential neighborhood in north-western Chennai, India. This suburb located west of the Jawaharlal Nehru Road is part of the Ambattur Municipality...
39	K. K. Nagar K. K. Nagar KK Nagar is a small township located in the southern part of Chennai, India. This is situated west of Ashok Nagar and the Chennai Airport is around 5 km south of this place. KK Nagar was a locality developed in the 1970s and early 1980s...
40	Kasimedu
41	Kilpauk Kilpauk Kilpauk is a small commercial township located in Chennai, the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The distance from Chennai's city center to Kilpauk is about 6 km. The region is situated off the Ponamallee High Road in the west. Adjacent suburbs of Kilpauk include Chetpet, Egmore,...
42	Kodambakkam
43	Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur is mainly a residential locality in northern most part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. In the Expanded Chennai Corporation,after delimitation of Zones & Wards, Kodungaiyur will fall under Ward No:34, 35, 36 & 37 .-Location and...
44	Kolathur Kolathur Kolathur is a medium sized town in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This is a beautiful Town near the Cauvery River. The Shops and Friday Market in this area attract people from all Villages in the Vicinity.-Tourist:...
45	Korattur Korattur Korattur is satellite township in the northwest part of Chennai, India. It is a part of the Ambattur municipality and located along the Chennai-Mumbai railroad about 12 km from the Chennai Central...
46	Korukkupet
47	Kothavalchavadi
48	Kotturpuram Kotturpuram Kotturpuram is a locality in Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India. Located on the south bank of the Adyar River, it is easily identified on satellite maps, being situated on a prominent northward bend of the river. It consists mostly of residences and sports clubs...
49	Koyambedu Koyambedu Koyambedu is a locality in the South Indian city of Chennai. The Koyambedu area has become a major hub of activity in Chennai City after the inauguration of the market and the bus terminus...
50	Kumaran Nagar
51	Kunrathur Kunrathur Kunrathur - . It's about 30 kilometres from Chennai Central and 10KM from Meenambakkam Airport. Refer KundrathurThere are many ancient shrines located here....
52	M.G.R. Nagar
53	M.K.B. Nagar
54	Madhavaram milk Colony
55	Madhavaram
56	Madipakkam
57	Maduravayal
58	Mambalam Mambalam Mambalam is a working class residential and commercial area in the heart of Chennai , India. It is best known for its shops, bazaars and Hindu temples. It is bounded by Kodambakkam to the north and Saidapet to the south. T. Nagar and Nandanam stretch all along its eastern frontiers while K. K....
59	Manali
60	Manali New Town Manali New Town Manali New Town [Acronym: MNT] is a Satellite township, developed by CMDA. Manali New Town includes areas from Edayanchavadi and Sadayankuppam Panchayats of Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
61	Mangadu Mangadu Mangadu is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Literally meaning a mango forest, it is a south-western suburb of Chennai. It is about 20 km from the city. The town is famous for its Kamatchi Amman temple. Mangadu is close to Poonamalle, a major suburb of Chennai...
62	Marina Marina A marina is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters....
63	Meenampakkam
64	Muthapudupet Muthapudupet Muthapudupet is a suburban area situated 8km from Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.. This place is in mid of Airforce Station Avadi and Ordinance Depot Avadi...
65	Muthialpet
66	Mylapore Mylapore Mylapore is a cultural hub and neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Earlier, Mylapore used to be called Vedapuri....
67	Nandampakkam
68	Neelangarai
69	New Washermenpet
70	North Beach North Beach North Beach may refer to a number of places in the world:United StatesNorth Beach, San FranciscoNorth Beach, Florida, a census-designated place in Indian River County*North Beach, Miami Beach, the northern section of the city of Miami Beach, Florida...
71	Nungambakkam Nungambakkam Nungambakkam is one of the wealthiest localities in the heart of Chennai, India's fourth largest metropolitan city. The neighborhood is abound with multi-national commercial establishments, important government offices, foreign consulates, sprawling educational institutions, shopping malls,...
72	Otteri
73	Palavanthangal Palavanthangal Pazhavanthangal is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is also the name of the railway station in the Beach-Tambaram suburban railway route in Chennai...
74	Pallavaram Pallavaram Pallavapuram Municipality was constituted as a III Grade Municipality on 17.01.1970 vide G.o.No. 55 R.D. & L.A. Department dated 12.01.1970, by Combining the following Town Panchayats and Panchayats.* Zamin Pallavaram Town Panchayat* Issa Pallavaram Town Panchayat...
75	Pallikaranai Pallikaranai Pallikaranai is a town in Tambaram Taluk of Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is now one of the Chennai prime suburbs.-Demographics:...
76	Pattabiram Pattabiram Pattabiram is a suburb situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of the Western City of Chennai , India. The town, which falls under the local administrative limits of AVADI Municipality, is about 25 km from the Chennai Central Railway station.-By Rail and Bus:Pattabiram is served by frequent...
77	Peerkankaranai Peerkankaranai Peerkankaranai is a panchayat town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Demographics:As of 2001 India census, Peerkankaranai had a population of 17,521. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Peerkankaranai has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the...
78	Peravellore
79	Periamet
80	Pondy Bazaar Pondy Bazaar Pondy Bazaar , officially called Soundarapandian Angadi, is a market located in T. Nagar, Chennai. It is the principal shopping district of Chennai. Though the origin of its name remains unclear, the most widely believed theory is that the market was named after W. P. A...
81	Poonamallee Poonamallee Poonamallee is a town in the Poonamallee taluk of the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
81	Port Marine
83	Pulianthope
84	Puzhal Puzhal Puzhal is a town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is well known for Puzhal central prison.Puzhal is located on the banks of Red Hills Lake.-Demographics:...
85	Rajamangalam
86	Red Hills Red Hills The Red Hills is the name of a physiographic region located mostly in Clark, Comanche and Barber counties in southern and central Kansas. This undulating terrain of red-tinted sediments, a product of the underlying geology, does not fit the conventional description of the Great Plains landscape of...
87	Royapettah Royapettah Royapettah is a centrally located suburb in the city of Chennai, India. It is situated to the west of the famous Marina Beach of Chennai. The locality features one of the developed commercial centres lying adjacent to the Chennai city center....
88	Royapuram Royapuram Royapuram , a locality of Chennai, South India, is the place where the first railway station of south India was constructed, and from where the laying down of the second railway line of the South Asia commenced in the 1850s. This railway line extended from Royapuram to Arcot, then capital of the...
89	Saidapet Saidapet Saidapet is an important neighbourhood in Chennai , India. The Saidapet Court, the only other court of judicature in Chennai city apart from the Madras High Court and the Saidapet bus depot are located here...
90	Sastri Nagar
91	Sathangadu
92	Secretariat Colony
93	Seerani Arangam
94	Selaiyur Selaiyur Selaiyur is a town near Tambaram, Chennai. This town is located on the Tambaram - Velachery Road. Once upon a time, this place was called as Silaiyur...
95	Sembium
96	Seven Wells
97	Shankar Nagar Shankar Nagar Shankar Nagar is a village development committee in Rupandehi District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 9466 people living in 1694 individual households....
98	Srm College
99	St. Thomas Mount St. Thomas Mount St. Thomas Mount, or Parangimalai is a small hillock located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Located near the neighbourhood of Guindy and very close to Chennai International Airport, St. Thomas Mount is associated with St. Thomas, the apostle of Christ, who is believed to have been martyred here...
100	T.P. Chatram
101	Teynampet Teynampet Teynampet is one of the busiest commercial localities of the city of Chennai, India. Neighbouring localities include Alwarpet, T. Nagar, Nandanam, and Nungambakkam. Teynampet is along Anna Salai, the arterial road of Chennai...
102	Tambaram Tambaram Tambaram is a suburb of Chennai situated 27 km south of the city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is an urban node. Tambaram is a hub to all major destinations in south Tamil Nadu as it lies on the busy Chennai–Trichy national highway. The highway and the railway line from Chennai Egmore to...
103	Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
104	Thirumangalam Thirumangalam Thirumangalam may refer to:* Thirumangalam, Chennai* Tirumangalam, Madurai* Thirumangalam, Tiruchi* Thirumangalam, Tiruchengode...
105	Thirumullaivoyal
106	Thiruninravur Thiruninravur Thirunindravur is a Town Panchayat in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated at around 32KM from Chennai. Thirunindravur comes under Chennai Metropolitan Area.-History:...
107	Thiruvanmiyur Thiruvanmiyur -Transport:The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses and has a sprawling bus terminus. Bus Routes connecting Thiruvanmiyur with other places in Chennai are: 1, 1A, 1C, 1D, 6D, 22A, 23C Extn., 29M,29C Extn., 41C, A47, 47A, 47D, M1, M49, M7, C51, T51, M23, M19, M70,...
108	Thiruverkadu
109	Thiruvotriyur
110	Thoraipakkam
111	Thousand Lights
112	Tondiarpet Tondiarpet Tondiarpet constitutes an important suburban region of Chennai city. The place is located in the northern outskirts and close to the nearby sea that is Bay of Bengal. Tondiarpet is one important commercial centre in the north of the city. The place shares its boundaries with other important...
113	Triplicane Triplicane Triplicane also has the famous powerful Ellamman temple in SMV Koil street. A beautiful Sundaramurthy Vinayagar temple is right opposite to the Ellamman Temple....
114	Vadapalani Vadapalani -Murugan Koyil:Built about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Lord Muruga sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious one enshrining a Murugan picture only, and established for itself a name on par with ancient places of worship...
115	Valasaravakkam Valasaravakkam Valasaravakkam is a municipality in the Thiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a residential suburb of the city of Chennai. It is located in the taluk of Poonamallee at a distance of approximately 15 kilometres from the heart of Chennai city...
116	Velachery Velachery -Geography:Velachery has mostly areas of hard rock, and a big marshland in the southern region of the area. It is said that this marshland was once a natural bird sanctuary. But nowadays, due to encroachment and rapid real estate development, the sanctuary has disappeared. Even today there is a big...
117	Vepery
118	Villivakkam Villivakkam - History :According to legend, two demons, 'Ilvalan' and 'Vatapi', who were born to Sage Dhurva and Aswamukhi, tortured the entire world and killed many innocent people. One of the demons used to take the shape of a fruit and the other used to offer it to some innocent passer-by and after he...
119	Virugambakkam Virugambakkam Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists...
120	Vyasarpadi
121	Washermenpet
122	Zam Bazar

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