Organisational set up of the Thiruvananthapuram District Police

City Police : City Police Commissioner, Deputy Police Commissioner. Sub division : 3 - (headed by Asst. Commissioners); Cantonment, Fort and Shanghumughom

Circles : 10 - Cantonment, Fort, Thampanoor, Peroorkada, Museum, Pettah, Medical College, Poonthura, Nemom & Vizhinjam. Rural Police : District Superintendent of Police Sub-divisions : 3 - (headed by DySPs); Attingal, Nedumangad and Neyyanttinkara.

Circles : 13 - Attingal, Varkala, Kadakkavoor, Kazhakuttom, Venjaramoodu, Kilimanoor, Nedumangad, Aryanad, Palode, Kattakkada, Neyyattinkara, Poovar and Parassala.

The total police strength in the city including the Armed Reserve camp at Nandavanam and the SAP camp at Peroorkada, is about 4,500 and that in the Rural Police is about 2,000.

For the effective maintenance of law and order, Vizhinjam area is attached to the city police unit. The traffic police system is divided into two divisions