History
In 1659 when Chennai (then called as Madraspatanam) was just a group of fishing village Pedda Naik formed a group of peons to guard the town. By 1780 the post of Superintendent of Police was created to manage the markets. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Raj in India formed the modern Madras Police as part of its reforms
In 2004, the Greater Chennai City Police had 109 Police Stations including 20 Women Police Stations and 8 out posts policing an area of 780 km2. consisting the population of 7 million. On 24 August 2011 The Chennai Suburban Police Commissionerate was re-merged with Greater Chennai police to re-form The Chennai Metropolitan Police
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