Puducherry Police

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The Puducherry Police date back to the period of French colonial rule prior to 1954. Separate Armed and Indigenous (local) police units were maintained at that time.{{Cite web|title=History of Puducherry Police|url=https://www.py.gov.in/police|website=Poice.gov.in}}

In India, during the French colonial rule of Pondicherry, Yanam, Karaikal and Mahé, Kepis were worn by two kinds of policemen, the Armed and the Indigenous, differentiated by the color of the kepis they wore. While the law and order forces wore bright red caps, the armed constabulary was conspicuous by its blue kepis. After Indian Independence, the former French colonial territory was integrated into the Union Territory of Puducherry and the bright red kepi continues to be the headgear of the constabulary — both for the local and the armed police signifying the cultural and administrative legacies left by the former colonialists.{{cite web |url=http://police.puducherry.gov.in/About%20us/PoliceHistory.htm |title= POLICE HISTORY |work= Government of Puducherry |access-date=2016-01-02}}

The modern force still retains the French kepi as a distinctive feature of its uniform.{{Cite web|title=History of Puducherry Police|url=https://www.py.gov.in/police|website=Poice.gov.in}}

The Puducherry Police come under the direct control of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

The force is headed by the Director General of Police (DGP).{{Cite web|title=Py Police Organisational Chart|url=https://police.py.gov.in/Organisation%20Chart%202019.htm|website=Puducherry Police}}

As of 2013, the Puducherry Police had around 4000 personnel, of whom 150 were women.{{cite news|title=Police plan to recruit more women |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/police-plan-to-recruit-more-women/article5337611.ece |first=Kavita |last=Kishore |date=11 November 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2014-01-27}} The force plans to induct more women officers to have one woman officer at every police station.{{cite news|title=Daring display of skills by women constable recruits |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/27/stories/2008052752380300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530193524/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/27/stories/2008052752380300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2008 |date=27 May 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2014-01-27}}

• Director general of police (DGP)
• Additional Director general of police (ADGP)
• Inspector general of police (IGP)
• Deputy inspector general of police (DIG)
• Senior superintendent of police (SSP)
• Superintendent of police (SP)
• Deputy superintendent of police (DSP)
• Inspector of Police (Insp)
• Sub-inspector of police (SI)
• Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI)
• Head constable (HC)
• Police constable (PC)

The Puducherry Police has jurisdiction over Puducherry, Yanam, Karaikal, and Mahé.{{cite news|title=Catching criminals at the click of a mouse |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/catching-criminals-at-the-click-of-a-mouse/article5326816.ece |first=Kavita |last=Kishore |date=8 November 2013|newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2014-01-27}}

The Puducherry Police coordinates with other law enforcement agencies across the country to catch offenders and criminals.

The force has prisons in Kalapet, Yanam and Karaikal. It has plans to open an open prison.{{cite news|title=Puducherry to establish first open prison soon |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/puducherry-to-establish-first-open-prison-soon/article4024061.ece |first=Jaishankar |last=C |date=23 October 2012 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2014-01-27}} It is the only force having a separate traffic unit with investigation power in India.

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