The Tamil Nadu Police Force is the law enforcing agency / department of the state of 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...

, 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...

. It is over 150 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India. Tamil Nadu has a Police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 population ratio of 1 : 632.

Administration

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

Director General of Police

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. The current Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) is S.George, IPS. Each Zone is headed by one Inspector General of Police.

Equipment

• Rifles:- AK-47, Ishapore rifle, Lee Enfield mark version, Insas, FN FAL.
• Guns :- All Glock variants.
• Weaponry systems :- Trichy made advanced shotguns and grenades.

City Police, district police & Police Ranges

There are eight metropolitan cities in Tamil Nadu.

• 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...
  
   (Greater Chennai Police
  Greater Chennai Police
  The 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. There are thirty...
  
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• Madurai
  Madurai
  Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...
  
  
• Coimbatore
  Coimbatore
  Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
  
  
• Tiruchirapalli
  Tiruchirapalli
  Tiruchirappalli ) , also called Tiruchi or Trichy , is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state...
  
  
• Salem
• Erode
  Erode
  Erode is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about southwest from the state capital Chennai and on the banks of the rivers Cauvery and Bhavani, between 11° 19.5"...
  
  
• Tirunelveli
  Tirunelveli
  Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...
  
  
• Vellore
  Vellore
  Vellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati...
  
  

Each of the cities has a City Police force, headed by a Commissioner of Police. There are thirty two 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

Deputy Inspector General of Police

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 supervises the work of 2-3 districts, which constitute a Police Range. There are eleven ranges in Tamil Nadu.

Special units

The special units of Tamil Nadu Police perform specific functions related to security, intelligence, criminal investigations and support services. 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

Achievements

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. The table shown below details on the major crime trends in the state. 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	2007
Murder	1,647	1,487	1,389	1,365	1,273	1,521
Murder for gain	75	104	73	74	89	102
Dacoity	178	95	72	73	95	88
Robbery	650	514	464	437	450	495
Burglary	5,532	4,849	4,147	3,738	3,300	3,717
Theft	18,614	18,213	17,530	15,851	13,651	13,217
Total	26,696	25,262	23,675	21,538	18,858	19,410

External links

• Official website of Tamil Nadu Police