Tamil Nadu Police
| Tamil Nadu Police தமிழ் நாடு காவல் |
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Logo of the Tamil Nadu Police
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| Motto | Truth Alone Triumphs |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 88,218 |
| Volunteers | 11,605 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Tamil Nadu, IN |
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| Map of Tamil Nadu Police Department's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 130,058 square kilometres (50,216 sq mi) |
| Population | 7,21,38,958 |
| Legal jurisdiction | State of Tamil Nadu |
| Governing body | Government of Tamil Nadu |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise, Tamil Nadu |
| Headquarters | Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004 |
| Agency executive | Ashok Kumar IPS[1], Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu State |
| Website | |
| www.tnpolice.gov.in | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Tamil Nadu Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 150 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India.[2] Tamil Nadu has a police-population ratio of 1:632.
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Administration
The administrative control of Tamil Nadu Police vests with the Home Minister. Tamil Nadu police force is headed by a Director-General of Police (Law & Order). S/he may be assisted by an Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order). For administrative purposes, the state has been divided into four police zones - North, South, West and Central each headed by an Inspector-General of Police. IG may be assisted by a Deputy Inspector-General Of Police. Each district is headed by a Superintendent of Police whereas major metropolitan cities such as Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur and Coimbatore have a separate police force headed by a City Police Commissioner equivalent to the rank of Inspector-General of Police.
Equipment
Majority of the equipment used by Tamil Nadu police are manufactured by Indian Ordnance Factories controlled by the Ordnance Factories Board, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Tamil Nadu police are equipped with various weapons such as AK-47, Ishapore 2A1 rifle, Lee–Enfield rifle, INSAS rifle, FN FAL rifle, Glock handguns, shotguns and grenade launchers.
Special Units
The special units of Tamil Nadu Police perform specific functions related to security, intelligence, criminal investigations and support services.[2] They are as follows:
- Armed Police or Tamil Nadu Special Police
- Civil Defence and Home Guards
- Civil Supplies, CID
- Coastal Security Group (CSG)
- Crime Branch, CID
- Economic Offences Wing (EOW)
- Operations - TN Commando Force & Commando School
- Prohibition Enforcement Wing
- Railway Police
- Social Justice and Human Rights
- Special Branch, CID including Security
- Technical Services
- Special Task Force (STF)
Honours
Tamil Nadu police has the largest strength of women police personnel and women police stations in the country, the first women police battalion of special police and commando force, the first established finger print lab, the first integrated modern control room in the country and has the greatest number of computers amongst police departments in the Country.
Photo gallery
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A police patrol car
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Mounted police patrol
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Tamil Nadu police demonstrating motorcycle stunts (January 18 2007).jpg
References
- ↑ http://www.tn.gov.in/detail_contact/6946/4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 T a m i l N a d u P o l i c e Archived October 24, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
See also
External links
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