Thrissur City Police

Thrissur City Police
തൃശൂര്‍ സിറ്റി പോലീസ്‌
The official flag of Kerala Police
AbbreviationTCP
Motto"Your Satisfaction is Our Pleasure"
Agency overview
FormedMarch, 3, 2011
Preceding agency
  • Thrissur District Police
Employees752[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionThrissur Metropolitan Area
Guruvayoor, Kunnamkulam, Ollur, Thrissur City, India
Size570.79 km2
Legal jurisdictionThrissur Municipal Corporation, Guruvayoor, Chelakkara, Wadakkanchery, Kunnamkulam, Chavakkad
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen byHome Department, Government of Kerala
HeadquartersThe Office of Commissioner of Police, Municipal Office Road, Thrissur
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyKerala Police
Units
List
  • Control Room
  • Crime Detachment
  • Women Police (Vanitha Cell)
  • Foreigners Registration Office
  • District Crime Records Bureau
  • Dog Squad
  • City Special Branch
  • District Armed Reserve
  • Traffic Unit
  • Special Branch (SB)
Subdivisions
4
  • Thrissur
  • Kunnamkulam
  • Guruvayur
  • Ollur
Facilities
Stations24
Website
thrissurcity.keralapolice.gov.in

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.

Organization

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:

Subordinates:

  • Inspector of Police (IP)
  • Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
  • Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI)
  • Senior Civil Police Officer
  • Civil Police Officer

Police Stations under Thrissur Commissionerate

  • Cyber Crime Police Station

Thrissur Subdivision

  • Town East Police Station
  • Town West Police Station
  • Traffic Police Station
  • Vanitha Police Station
  • Nedupuzha Police Station
  • Permangalam Police Station
  • Medical College Police Station
  • District Command and Control Room

Ollur Subdivision

  • Ollur Police Station
  • Mannuthy Police Station
  • Peechi Police Station
  • Viyyur Police Station

Guruvayur Subdivision

  • Temple Police Station
  • Guruvayur Police Station
  • Pavaratty Police Station
  • Chavakkad Police Station
  • Vadakkekad Police Station
  • Munakkakadavu Costal Police Station

Kunnamkulam Subdivision

  • Kunnamkulam Police Station
  • Erumapetty Police Station
  • Wadakkancheery Police Station
  • Cheruthuruthy Police Station
  • Chelakkara Police Station
  • Pazhayannur Police Station

Thrissur Police Commissioners

  • 1. P Vijayan (3 March 2011 – 31 December 2012)[7]
  • 2. P. Prakash (1 January 2013 – 22 August 2014)[8][9]
  • 3. Jacob Thomas (23 August 2014 – 11 February 2015)[10][11]
  • 4. R. Nishanthini (12 February 2015 – 14 July 2015)[12]
  • 5. K.G. Simon (15 July 2015 – 12 June 2016)
  • 6. Dr J. Himendranath (13 June 2016 – 6 January 2017)[13]
  • 7. T. Narayanan (6 January 2017 – 9 August 2017)
  • 8. Rahul R Nair (10 August 2017 – 8 May 2018)
  • 9. G.H. Yatheesh Chandra (9 May 2018 - 8 January 2020)
  • 10. R. Adithya ( 8 January 2020 - 15 November 2022)
  • 11. Ankit Asok (19 November 2022– 19 June, 2024)
  • 12. R Ilango (20 June 2024 - 4 October, 2025)
  • 13. Nakul Rajendra Deshmukh (5 October - present)

References

  1. ^ "Manpower Details of Entire Executive Branch Officers" (PDF). Thrissur, Kerala: Thrissur City Police. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Governance of District Police, Thrissur City". Kerala Police. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "First Police Commissioner of Thrissur assumes charge". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Thrissur to have city police commissionerate". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Thrissur gets Police Commissioner". The Hindu. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Particulars of Functions and Details of Each Unit / Office" (PDF). Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  7. ^ "First Police Commissioner of Thrissur assumes charge". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Major reshuffle in police top brass". Thiruvananthapuram, India: Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Major reshuffle in police top brass". The Times of India. Thiruvananthapuram, India. Retrieved 1 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "Changes in Kerala Police". Trivandrum, India: Kerala Kaumudi. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Transfer for Police Commissioners". Kollam, India: Madhyamam. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Reshuffle in Police Department". The New Indian Express. Thrissur, India. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Changes in police top brass in Thrissur". Thrissur, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 8 June 2016.