Thrissur City Police
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- Thrissur District Police
| Thrissur City Police തൃശൂര് സിറ്റി പോലീസ് | |
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 The official flag of Kerala Police | |
| Abbreviation | TCP |
| Motto | "Your Satisfaction is Our Pleasure" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | March, 3, 2011 |
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| Employees | 752[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Thrissur Metropolitan Area Guruvayoor, Kunnamkulam, Ollur, Thrissur City, India |
| Size | 570.79 km2 |
| Legal jurisdiction | Thrissur Municipal Corporation, Guruvayoor, Chelakkara, Wadakkanchery, Kunnamkulam, Chavakkad |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Home Department, Government of Kerala |
| Headquarters | The Office of Commissioner of Police, Municipal Office Road, Thrissur |
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| Parent agency | Kerala Police |
| Units | List
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| Subdivisions | 4
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 24 |
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Thrissur City Police (TCPD) (Malayalam: തൃശൂര് സിറ്റി പോലീസ് ), a division of the Kerala Police, is the law enforcement agency for the City of Thrissur, Kunnamkulam and the temple town of Guruvayoor. The city police force is headed by a Commissioner of Police, an IPS officer, and the administrative control vests with the Home Ministry of Kerala. Thrissur City Police is the largest Police District in Kerala state covering an area of 570.79 Square kilometre.[2]
The city police came into existence on March 3, 2011, after dividing the Thrissur District Police. The police commissionerate is situated in Thrissur City. The commissionerate cover 24 police stations and has four sub-divisions, Thrissur, Ollur, Guruvayur and Kunnamkulam.[3][4][5] Nakul Rajendra Deshmukh IPS, is the current Police Commissioner of Thrissur.
The Thrissur City Police is headed by a Commissioner of Police (CP), an SP-ranked officer of the IPS Kerala Cadre. The Commissioner is assisted by an Additional Commissioner of police at the city police headquarters. He is also assisted by Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) of the rank of DySP/ ASP, who head police subdivisions and other special units.
For the maintenance of law and order, the Thrissur City Police District is divided into four police subdivisions and various police stations, each headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and an Inspector of Police (IP), respectively.
Officers:
- Commissioner of Police / District Police Chief
- Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration)
- Deputy Commandant
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Thrissur
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Ollur
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Kunnamkulam
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Guruvayur
- Assistant Commissioner of Police District Crime Branch
- Assistant Commissioner of Police District Special Branch
- Assistant Commissioner of Police District Crime Records Bureau
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Narcotics Cell[6]
Subordinates:
- Inspector of Police (IP)
- Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
- Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI)
- Senior Civil Police Officer
- Civil Police Officer
