Salem City Police Explained

The Salem City Police (or SCP) is the law enforcement agency in the city of Salem, India. The SCP works under the jurisdiction of the Tamil Nadu Police. Salem City Police has five wings: traffic wing, traffic investigation wing, prohibition enforcement wing, city crime record bureau, armed reserve, in three divisions namely Salem West, Salem South and Salem North.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

History

The Salem City Police was formed in 1972 and The Salem Police Commissionerate was formed in 1990 for the major metropolitan cities like Salem, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirapalli. The jurisdiction of Salem city police commissionerate extends jurisdiction limit to Salem City Municipal Corporation. There are 12 police stations in Salem city, numbered B-1 to B-11. City Police has five wings: traffic wing, traffic investigation wing, prohibition enforcement wing, city crime record bureau, armed reserve, in three zones Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.^{[5] [6]} A law was enacted in 1987 to empower the commissionerate with the same powers as the Madras Police. Salem was fully upgraded into a police commissionerate in 1990.

Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Police extends to the jurisdictional limits of the Salem City Municipal Corporation. Later in 2000 jurisdiction of Salem City Police is extended for the main suburban areas of Salem city like Karuppur police station & Kannankurichi police station, in same way in 2023 Attayampatti and Karipatti police station were annexed with Salem city police.^[7]

• Salem City Municipal Corporation
• Ayothiapattinam (Partly)
• Omalur (Partly)
• Veerapandi (Partly)

Stations

There are 17 police stations in Salem city.

Salem Town Range

• Salem town
• Shevapet
• Government hospital

Annadanapatti Range

• Annadanapatti
• Kitchipalayam

Kondalampatti Range

• Kondalampatti
• Steel plant
• Attayampatti

Ammapet Range

• Ammapet
• Veeranam
• Karipatti

Hastampatti Range

• Hastampatti
• Kannankurichi
• Alagapuram

Suramangalam Range

• Pallapatti
• Suramangalam
• Karuppur

Notes and References

1. https://eservices.tnpolice.gov.in/CCTNSNICSDC/pdfs/rti/rticities/Salemcity.pdf Salem City Police full details
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13k4wJTSDM7cNOOxAGiOPokWWyuDvOTVD/view?usp=drivesdk Salem City Police act 1888
3. News: Staff Reporter . 2022-01-09 . Lockdown almost total in Erode, Salem districts . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-02-27 . 0971-751X . 2022-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220110095518/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/lockdown-almost-total-in-erode-salem-districts/article38203833.ece . live .
4. News: Staff Reporter . 2022-01-16 . Three police personnel placed under suspension in Salem . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-02-27 . 0971-751X . 2022-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091144/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/three-police-personnel-placed-under-suspension-in-salem/article38278595.ece . live .
5. Web site: Tamil nadu act 051 of 1997 : Chennai City Police (Extension to the Cities of Salem, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli) Act, 1997 CaseMine . 2022-02-27 . www.casemine.com . en . 2022-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220227104004/https://www.casemine.com/act/in/5a9ccc294a93265347811fba . live .
6. https://humanrightsinitiative.org/old/programs/aj/police/india/acts/tamilnadu_police_bill_2008.pdf THE TAMIL NADU POLICE BILL 2008
7. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2023-04-23 . Salem City Police limits to expand; Attaiyampatti, Karipatti stations to be annexed soon . 2024-04-10 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.