In order to an effective control of supervision over these two DCs the first Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic was posted in the year 1997.

The City traffic supervisory system was trifurcated after the formation of the post of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic (Central) in the year 2005.

In the year 2007, the existing post of the Joint Commissioner of Police was upgraded as the Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic and there by bringing the second Additional Commissioner of Police to the Chennai City Police.

Thiru. Sunil Kumar, IPS, Inspector General of Police, was posted as the first Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Chennai in the year 2007.

Thiru Md. Shakeel Akhter, IPS, Inspector General of Police, was assumed charge in 2009.

Thiru M. RAVI, IPS, Inspector General of Police was assumed charge as Additional Commissioner of Police, Chennai Traffic on 17-02-2010.

At present the traffic police are functioning as traffic enforcement and traffic investigation wings. The Police personnel of traffic enforcement are responsible for the enforcement of traffic rules and regulations. The police personnel of traffic investigation wing are responsible for the investigation of Road Traffic Accidents.

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Police Women were introduced in traffic control for the first time in Paris (France) in the year 1964 and in Delhi in 1989.

The services of Women Police were utilized by Chennai Traffic Police since 2006.

At present the Chennai Traffic Police is manned (2008) by:

One Additional Commissioner of Police, Three Deputy Commissioners of Police, One Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, 6 Assistant Commissioners of Police [Enforcement], 4 Assistant Commissioners of Police [Investigation], 29 Inspectors of Police [Enforcement], 12 Inspectors of Police [Investigation], 178 Sub-Inspectors of Police [Enforcement], 46 Sub-Inspectors of Police [Investigation], 2161 other ranks with the appreciable services of the Traffic Wardens, Road Safety Patrol [RSP], Citizen for Safe Road [CSR], Home Guards and Hundai Volunteers.