Editing Thrissur (section)

=== Police services ===
The city is the headquarters of [[Thrissur City Police]] and Thrissur Rural Police. The Thrissur City Police is headed by a Police Commissioner, an [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer. The city is divided into four sub divisions, Thrissur, [[Kunnamkulam]], [[Ollur]] and [[Guruvayur]]. It also operates 24 police stations, including a woman police station and a traffic police station.<ref>{{cite news
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The Thrissur City Police Commissionerate operates out of the erst-while District Armed Police headquarters at [[Ramavarmapuram]]. The Thrissur Rural Police has its headquarters at the District Collectorate complex at Ayyanthole. The city is also the headquarters of the [[Inspector General of Police]], Thrissur Range, which looks after the law and order of Thrissur District, [[Palakkad District]] and [[Malappuram district|Malappuram District]]. All the [[Superintendent of Police]] of these three districts come under his jurisdiction. The city also contains the Kerala Police Academy,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/kepa.html |title=Official website of Kerala Police |access-date=2009-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101163953/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/kepa.html |archive-date=1 January 2009 }}</ref> [[Central Prison, Viyyur]],<ref>{{cite web
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|access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref> [[Police Dog Training Centre]] and [[Excise Academy and Research Centre]]. [[State and Union Territory Police Forces#Indian Reserve Battalion|Indian Reserve Battalion]], the new commando unit of [[Kerala Police]] is headquartered in Ramavarmapuram.<ref>{{cite news
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