Imperial Police
| Indian Police Service | |
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| Abbreviation | IPS |
Logo of the Indian Police Service
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1948 |
| Preceding agency | Indian Imperial Police (1905-1948) |
| Employees | 3894 members (2016) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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National agency (Operations jurisdiction) |
IND |
| Legal jurisdiction |
 Republic of India
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| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Elected officer responsible | Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Website | |
| http://mha1.nic.in/ips/ips_home.htm | |
The Indian Police Service (Bhāratīya Pulis Sevā) or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. It has replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India gained independence from Britain.
The service is not a force itself but provides leaders and commanders to staff the state police and all-India Central Armed Police Forces. Its members are the senior officers of the police. The Bureau of Police Research and Development is responsible for research and development of the police force in India.
In 1861, the British Government introduced the Indian Councils Act of 1861. The act created the foundation of a modern and professionalised police bureaucracy in India. It introduced, a new cadre of police, called Superior Police Services, later known as the Indian Imperial Police. The highest rank in the service was the Inspector General for each province. The rank of Inspector General was equated and ranked with Brigadier and similar ranks in the Indian Armed Forces, as per Central Warrant of Precedence in 1937.
In 1902-03, a Police Commission was established for the Police reforms under Sir Andrew Frazer and Lord Curzon. It recommended the appointment of Indians at officer level in the police. Indians could rise only to the ranks of Inspector of Police, the senior N.C.O. position. However they were not part of Indian Imperial Police.
From 1920, Indian Imperial Police was open to Indians and the entrance examination for the service was conducted both in India and England.
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