Tamil Nadu Police
| Tamil Nadu Police | |
| Motto | Truth Alone Triumphs |
| Agency Overview | |
|---|---|
| Employees | 1,11,897 [1] |
| Annual Budget | ₹8,900 crore (US$1.2 billion) (2020-21 est.) [2] |
| Legal personality | Governmental agency |
| Jurisdictional Structure | |
| Divisional agency (Operations jurisdiction) |
State of [[Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu ]], IN |
 | |
| Map of the areas Tamil Nadu Police Department has control for | |
| Size | 130,058 square kilometres (50,216 sq mi) |
| Population | 7,21,38,958 |
| Legal jurisdiction | State of Tamil Nadu |
| Governing body | Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise |
| General nature | |
| Operational Structure | |
| Overviewed by | Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise |
| Headquarters | Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004 |
| Agency executive | Shankar Jiwal, IPS, Director-General of Police, Tamil Nadu State |
| Website | |
| www.tnpolice.gov.in | |
Tamil Nadu Police is the police force for Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 150 years old and it is the fifth largest police force in India.[3] There is one police officer for 632 people in Tamil Nadu. The director of the Tamil Nadu police is Shankar Jiwal.[4][5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "EXECUTIVE STRENGTH IN TAMILNADU POLICE AS ON 01.04.2020" (PDF).
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Budget Analysis 2020-21" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Tamil Nadu Police Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sivaraman, R. (6 March 2022). "First of its kind State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre set up in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "TN plans social media monitoring centre to curb fake news". The New Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Budget Analysis 2020-21" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2021.[permanent dead link]