Editing Kochi (section)

=== Law and order ===
Kochi is the seat of [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]], the highest judicial body in the state of Kerala. The [[Kochi City Police]] is headed by a [[Police Commissioner]], an [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer. The city is divided into five zones and each zone under a circle officer. Apart from regular law & order, the city police comprises the Traffic Police, Narcotics Cell, Riot horse, Armed Reserve Camps, District Crime Records Bureau and a [[Women's Police station]].<ref name="KCP">{{cite web
 |publisher=Kochi City Police
 |url=http://kochicitypolice.org/organizational-chart.htm
 |title=Organisational chart
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824052900/http://www.kochicitypolice.org/organizational-chart.htm
 |archive-date=24 August 2006
}}</ref> It operates 19 police stations functioning under the Home Ministry of [[Government of Kerala]]. An [[Political corruption|anti-corruption]] branch of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] also operates out of the city. [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]] maintains 3 squadrons for providing security to various central and state heavy industries, airport and seaport zones. Other major central agencies are [[National Investigation Agency|NIA]], [[Directorate of Revenue Intelligence|DRI]] and [[Indian Revenue Service|Indian Customs]] due to the presence of major port. According to [[National Crime Records Bureau]] (NCRB), Kochi reported significant increase of 193.7 per cent IPC crimes in 2010 compared to 2009, and reported a crime rate of 1,897.8 compared to the 424.1 in whole Kerala.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article2577288.ece | work=The Hindu | first=S. Anil | last=Radhakrishnan | title=Alarming crime rate in Kochi | date=28 October 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031190040/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article2577288.ece | archive-date=31 October 2011 }}</ref> However, the city [[Police commissioner#India|police commissioner]] defended that in major crimes such as murders and kidnapping, the city registered a low crime rate even behind other cities in the state.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kochi-city-police-set-record-straight/article2582826.ece | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Kochi city police 'set record straight' | date=30 October 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518140012/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kochi-city-police-set-record-straight/article2582826.ece | archive-date=18 May 2014 }}</ref>