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Indian Police Service
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The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India; other important services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). The members of the IPS are primarily responsible for managing the policing functions of the states and the central government. These officers deal with all matters pertaining to the Internal Security of India. IPS specialises in all security related issues. Its members, who are all at least university graduates, are the senior officers of the police, with DSPs, Inspectors and Constables belonging to individual state forces.
In its previous incarnation this service was called the Imperial Police. As the name suggests it indeed was an imperial force dedicated to futhering the British Colonial rule in the country. The police and statute governing policing was brought about immediately after the East India Company's rule came to an end in face of the First Indian War of Independence in 1857. A worried British Government brought the country under their direct rule and wanted to create a force which would prevent and quell any rebellion in future. The Indian Police Act 1861 was passed and a force created to protect and perpetuate colonial rule in the country. Thus the nature of the Police Service and the force was hardly in consonance with democratic principles. In 1948, a year after India gained independence, the Imperial Police was replaced by the IPS. Sardar Patel, the first Home Minister of India had a glorious vision for the IPS. He saw it as a service which would work to uphold the rule of law and preserve the unity and intregrity of the newly independent nation.
The ranks follow the British pattern, the only difference being that the State Emblem replaces the crown motif.
- State Emblem above one star above crossed sword and baton
- Director, Intelligence Bureau
- State Emblem above crossed sword and baton
- Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
- Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
- Director General, Border Security Force
- Director General, Central Industrial Security Force
- Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal
- Director General, National Security Guards
- Director General, Special Protection Group
- Director General, National Police Academy
- Director General, Security
- Director General and Inspector General of Police, States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
- One star above crossed sword and baton
- Inspector General of Police, Other States
- Commissioner of Police, Delhi
- Additional Inspector General, Bureaus
- Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau
- Additional Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
- Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
- Commandant, Central Forensic Institute
- Director, National Police Academy
- Inspector General, Border Security Force
- Inspector General, Central Industrial Security Force
- Inspector General, Central Reserve Police
- Special Inspector General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- State Emblem above three stars in a triangle
- Inspector General of Police, Union Territories
- Other officer above selection grade
- State Emblem above two stars
- Superintendent of Police in selection grade
- Other officer on senior time scale with 15 years service or more
- State Emblem above one star
- Superintendent of Police in charge of a district
- Commandant of Battalion
- Other officer on senior time scale with between 10 and 15 years service
- State Emblem
- Other officer on senior time scale with 10 years service or less
- Three stars
- Assistant Superintendent in charge of sub-division
- Assistant Superintendent not in charge of sub-division with 5 years service or more
- Two stars
- Assistant Superintendent not in charge of sub-division with between 2 and 5 years service
- One star
- Assistant Superintendent not in charge of sub-division with less than 2 years service
Ranks insignia of the State Police officers (which is distinct from Indian Police Service).
- Three stars
- Deputy Superintendent of Police. A state police officer who is directly recruited to this rank or has come up from the lower ranks.
- Red and blue ribbon and three stars
- Inspector of Police.
- Red and blue ribbon and two stars
- Sub-Inspector of Police
- Red and blue ribbon and a star
- Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
- Three chevrons points facing downwards
- Police Head Constable
- Two chevrons points facing downwards
- Senior Police Constable or Police Naik. His/her basic pay would be of the same scale of a head constable.
- No rank insignia
- Constable