Organizational Structure
Kerala Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Kerala. The current minister for Home affairs is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. The Police Department is headed by State Police Chief (SPC). K.S.Balasubramanian IPS is the present SPC of Kerala Police.
The law and order forms the major chunk of state force's personnel. For this, the state is divided into 2 zones, the North Zone and South Zone, each headed by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). Each zones are divided into two ranges each with an Inspector General of Police heading each range. Kannur Range and Thrissur Range comes under North Zone, whereas Kochi Range and Trivandrum Range comes under South Zone. There are five commissariat for five cities of Kerala with City Police Commissioner (having a rank equal to Deputy inspector of police only for Kochi City and Thiruvananthapuram City) taking the leadership. The five commissariats are located for Thiruvananthapuram City Police, Kochi City Police, Kozhikode City Police, Thrissur City Police, and Kollam City Police.
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