India Police Service
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| Abbreviation | IPS |
| Date of Establishment | 1905 (As Imperial Police) 1948 (as IPS) |
| Country | India |
| Staff College | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Cadre Controlling Authority | Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |
| Minister Responsible | Rajnath Singh, Minister responsible for Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government service |
| Duties | Law Enforcement Crime Investigation Security Intelligence (Internal & External) Public Order |
| Cadre Strength | 3894 members (2016) |
| Selection | Civil Services Examination |
| Association | IPS (Central) Association |
| Head of the Civil Services | |
| Current Cabinet Secretary | Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS |
The Indian Police Service (Bhāratīya Pulis Sevā) or IPS, is an All India Service for policing. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India gained independence from Britain.
Along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS), the IPS is one of the three All India Services — its cadre can be employed by both the Union Government and the individual States.
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, 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 Fraser 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.
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