The Coimbatore City Police (or CCP) is the law enforcement agency in the city of

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

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. The CCP works under the

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of the

Tamil Nadu Police 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.

. The CCP has three wings:

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, and

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. Each of these wings comes under four zones: Central, South, east and West. In 2012, a Cyber Crime cell was set up to crack cases such as fraudulent emails and Nigerian scams. It also has an Anti-Human Trafficking unit that was established in 2013 to help combat trafficking of women and children.

History

The Coimbatore City Police was formed in 1972 after the bifurcation of the existing Coimbatore Police Force into the ''Coimbatore Urban Police'' and the ''Coimbatore Rural Police''. In 1982–1983, the Police Commissionerate of Coimbatore city was mooted in order to help combat crime. A law was enacted in 1987 to empower the commissionerate with the same powers as the

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. Coimbatore was fully upgraded into a police commissionerate in 1990.

Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Police extends to the jurisdictional limits of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation. In 2011, when the limits of the Municipal Corporation were increased, the jurisdiction of the police was also increased to include newly added areas. The police issues

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s to residents of the city. These licences expire at the end of the Calendar year and must be renewed. The Police stations affiliated to each zone are: *West Zone #B1 - Big Bazaar Street #B2 - R. S. Puram #B3 - Variety Hall Road #B4 - Ukkadam *Central Zone #C1 - Katoor #C2 - Race Course #C3 - Saibaba Colony #C4 - Rathinapuri *South Zone #D1 - Ramanathapuram #D2 - Selvapuram #D3 - Podanur #D4 - Kuniyamuthur *East Zone #E1 - Singanallur #E2 - Peelamedu #E3 - Saravanampatti

Infrastructure

In 2010, all the police stations across the city were given an advanced scientific investigation kit to help collect medical and forensic evidence without disturbing evidence. The Coimbatore City Traffic Police is one of the many police divisions in India that uses handheld

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-enabled devices to catch offenders and criminals. Coimbatore is the second city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai to be link to the State Government's ''Crime and Criminal Tracking Networking System''. Coimbatore, along with Chennai and Madurai are the police forces under the Tamil Nadu police that have replaced the existing VHF-based communication with

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(TETRA). There are 18 police stations in Coimbatore City, numbered B-1 to B-15 along with three "All-Women" Police stations. Currently, the following units are functioning under the administrative/operation control of the Coimbatore City commissioner of police: city police office, intelligence section, sub-division offices, police stations, all women police stations, traffic police stations, armed reserve, armed reserve motor transport, armoury, city crime records bureau, city crime branch, social justice and human rights unit, police radio branch, prohibition enforcement wing, detective dog squad, mobile forensic science lab, police photo section, short hand beaureu, home guard, traffic wardens, friends of police, and city vigilance committee.

External links

Tamil nadu police

References

{{Law enforcement in India Government of Coimbatore Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India Tamil Nadu Police 1972 establishments in Tamil Nadu Government agencies established in 1972