Chandigarh Traffic Police Services
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The Chandigarh Traffic Police was sanctioned as a separate unit distinct from District Police in 1974. It is headed by an IPS officer who is designated as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Security & Traffic, U.T Chandigarh and assisted by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Traffic-Admin, DSP/Traffic (Road Safety-cum-R&D), DSP, Traffic (Central Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (East Sub-division), DSP/Traffic (South Sub-division) and Zonal Traffic Inspectors. The entire city has been divided into three sub-divisions and four zones and traffic regulation in each zone is undertaken by a traffic police team led by a Traffic Inspector. The internal administration of the traffic police is looked after by the Inspector (Administration), who is also the Incharge of the Chandigarh Traffic Police Control Room from where the traffic Helpline 1073 is operated.