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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname = Greater Chennai Police
| commonname = Chennai Police
| abbreviation =
| logo = Greater Chennai Police Logo.png
| logocaption = Logo of the Greater Chennai Police
| motto = Truth alone triumphs
| mottotranslated =
| formedyear = 1659
| preceding1 = Chennai Suburban Police Chennai City Police
| employees = 98862
| budget =
| country = India
| divtype = State
| divname = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivtype = City
| subdivname = [[Chennai]]
| map =
| mapcaption =
| governingbody = [[Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise|Department of Home]], [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| constitution1 =
| police = Yes
| local = Yes
| headquarters = [[Vepery]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| sworn =
| unsworn =
| minister1name = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| minister1pfo = [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]] & [[Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise (Tamil Nadu)|Minister for Home Affairs]]
| chief1name = Shankar Jiwal [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| chief1position = [[Commissioner of Police (India)|Commissioner of Police]], [[Chennai]]
| parentagency = [[Tamil Nadu Police]]
| unitname = {{collapsible list |Aviation |Emergency Service
|Organized Crime Control Bureau |Scuba Team and Harbor |Special Victims
|Major Case Squad |Taxi Squad |Movie and Television |School Safety
|Real Time Crime |Auxillay Police |Crime Scene |Evidence Collection
|Transit Bureau |Housing Bureau |Highway Patrol |Transportation Bureau}}
| officetype = Borough
| officename = {{collapsible list |}}
| stationtype = Station
| stations = 129
| boat1type =
| boats1 =
| aircraft1type =
| aircraft1 =
| website = {{url|tnpolice.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
[[File:Chennai City Mounted Police.jpg|thumb|right|[[Chennai Police|Chennai City Mounted Police]] officers patrolling in their khaki colored uniform during a [[cricket]] match.]]
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 (India)|Commissioner of Police]] and the administrative control vests with the [[Tamil Nadu]] Home Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/department/14|title=Home, Prohibition and Excise Department|work=Tamil Nadu Government|access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> There are four sub-divisions of the Greater Chennai Police, and 129 police stations. The city's traffic is managed by the Greater Chennai 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vivek |first=Narayanan |date=22 August 2008 |title=E-beat project to monitor cops a dud |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-22/chennai/27933680_1_e-beat-system-machines-monitoring |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105170008/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-22/chennai/27933680_1_e-beat-system-machines-monitoring |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=P. Oppili |date=9 July 2005 |title=ISO team inspects Chennai police stations |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/09/stories/2005070900810300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313091417/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/09/stories/2005070900810300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing villages. Pedda Naik formed a group of [[peon]]s 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Klein |first=Ira |date=July 2000 |title=Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India |journal=Modern Asian Studies |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=545–580 |jstor=313141 |volume=34}}</ref>

The Chennai City Traffic Police is a branch 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 split into 3; i.e. Law & Order, Crime and Traffic. As of 2011, the government merged Chennai Suburban Police with Chennai city police to form The Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Police History|url=http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/history.html|work=Tamil Nadu Police|access-date=18 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326170933/http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/history.html|archive-date=26 March 2008}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
[[File:Police Women, Chennai, India.jpg|thumb|250px|Police women in [[Chennai]], India in 2010]]
[[File:Gcp patrol car.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chennai Police [[Hyundai Accent]] patrol car]]
[[File:Chennai City Police's Yellow Brigade. Cropped for better representation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|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 daytime from 6 am to 9 pm. The Blue Brigade covers the same distance of 2 km2 during nighttime 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 3–4 minutes. The [[Tamil Nadu Police]] claims that the crime rate in the Greater [[Chennai]] City has come down considerably after these initiatives.

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 camera]]s, wireless communication devices and loudspeakers,<ref>{{cite news|last=Rohini|first=Mohan|title=Hyundai patrol cars for Chennai police|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyundai-patrol-cars-for-chennai-police/24648-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202122654/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyundai-patrol-cars-for-chennai-police/24648-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2008|access-date=18 December 2013|newspaper=IBNLive.com|date=25 October 2006}}</ref> making this the only police force in the country to use [[sedan (car)|sedan]] patrol cars. Patrol cars have been provided to Greater Chennai Police. [[Hyundai Motor Company|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.

== Hierarchy ==
Greater Chennai Police comes directly under [[Tamil Nadu Police]]. Greater Chennai Police is headed by one [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General of Police]](ADGP) of TN Police force, who is known as [[Commissioner]]. Hierarchy is as follows(from high to low level):

# [[Commissioner]] of Greater Chennai Police (CoP) / ADGP, [[Tamil Nadu Police]].
# Additional Commissioner of Police (ACoP) {One of the Additional Commissioners head [[Greater Chennai Traffic Police]]}
# Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP)
# Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)
# Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
# Inspector
# Sub-Inspector
# Head Constable
# Constable II
# Constable I

== List of police stations ==
Following are the list of few police stations within the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Police.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/others/police.htm | title=LIST OF POLICE STATIONS IN CHENNAI | access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"

!Sn!!Station name
|-||[[ARANI]]
|1||Abramapuram
|-
|2||[[Adambakkam]]
|-
|3||[[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]]
|-
|4||[[Chennai Airport]]
|-
|5||[[Ambattur]]
|-
|6||Ambattur Estate
|-
|7||[[Aminjikarai]]
|-
|8||[[Anna Nagar]]
|-
|9||[[Annasalai]]
|-
|10||Annasquare
|-
|11||[[Arumbakkam]]
|-
|12||[[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok nagar]]
|-
|13||[[Avadi]]
|-
|14||Avadi Tank Factory
|-
|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]]
|-
|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 Courts of India|High Court]]
|-
|36||I.C.F. Colony
|-
|37||[[Vivekanandar Illam|Ice House]]
|-
|38||[[Mogappair|J.J. Nagar]]
|-
|39||K. K. Nagar
|-
|40||Kasimedu
|-
|41||[[Kilpauk]]
|-
|42||[[Kodambakkam]]
|-
|43||[[Kodungaiyur]]
|-
|44||[[Kolathur, Chennai|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||[[Maduravoyal]]
|-
|58||[[Mambalam]]
|-
|59||[[Manali, Tamil Nadu|Manali]]
|-
|60||[[Manali New Town]]
|-
|61||[[Mangadu]]
|-
|62||[[Marina Beach|Marina]]
|-
|63||[[Meenambakkam]]
|-
|64||[[Muthapudupet]]
|-
|65||[[Muthialpet]]
|-
|66||[[Mylapore]]
|-
|67||[[Nandambakkam]]
|-
|68||[[Neelankarai]]
|-
|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]]
|-
|82||Port Marine
|-
|83||[[Pulianthope]]
|-
|84||[[Puzhal]]
|-
|85||Rajamangalam
|-
|86||[[Red Hills, Chennai|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||[[Pammal|Shankar Nagar]]
|-
|98||[[SRMC]]
|-
|99||[[St. Thomas Mount]]
|-
|100||T.P. Chatram
|-
|101||[[Teynampet]]
|-
|102||[[Tambaram]]
|-
|103||[[Thiru Vi Ka Nagar]]
|-
|104||[[Thirumangalam, Chennai|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
|-
|123||Chemmanchery
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.tnpolice.gov.in Official Website]

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