Salem City Police

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]

Salem City Police சேலம் மாநகர காவல்துறை
Motto	Truth Alone Triumphs
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	India
Legal jurisdiction	Salem, Tamil Nadu
Governing body	Department of Home, Government of Tamil Nadu
Operational structure
Overseen by	Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise, Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Salem City Police Commissioner Office, Sankari Main Road, Linemedu, Gugai, Salem, Tamil Nadu
Agency executive	Thiru Praveen Kumar Abhinapu, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Salem city

History

The Salem City Police was formed in 1997 and The Salem Police Commissionerate was formed in 1997for 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