Coimbatore: City police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham was transferred and appointed as additional director general of police (ADGP), intelligence, Chennai. Inspector general of police (west zone) A Amalraj would now hold the additional charge of the city police commissioner.
Davidson was appointed the city police commissioner by the Election Commission of India in March and he had made many reforms in the city police force in a short span of time. He had also cracked down on corrupt police officers. He was the first ADGP cadre officer to be appointed as the city police commissioner. Earlier, officers in the rank of inspector general of police were appointed as the city police commissioner.