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| Tamil Nadu Police | |
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 Logo of Tamil Nadu Police Department | |
| Motto | Truth Alone Triumphs |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 1,11,897 [1] |
| Annual budget | ₹8,900 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2020-21 est.) [2] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | 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 | Department of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise, Tamil Nadu |
| Headquarters | Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600 004 |
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| Website | |
| www.tnpolice.gov.in | |
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.[3] Tamil Nadu has a police-population ratio of 1:632. The Director General of the Tamil Nadu police is Shankar Jiwal.
- ^ "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