Indian Police Service

Indian Police Service
Service Overview
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Motto: सत्यमेव जयते (Sanskrit)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"
Formerly known asIndian Imperial Police[1]
AbbreviationIPS
Date of Establishment
  • 1905 (1905)
    (as Indian Imperial Police)
  • 1948 (1948)
    (as Indian Police Service)
[1]
CountryIndia
Staff CollegeSardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad
Cadre Controlling AuthorityMinistry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Minister ResponsibleAmit Shah, Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs.
Legal personalityGovernmental: Civil Service
Cadre Strength5,047 members (2023)
(4,344 officers in position; 703 position vacant)[2]
SelectionCivil Services Examination
AssociationIPS (Central) Association

The Indian Police Service (abbr. IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from British Raj.

Along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS), the IPS is one of the All India Services[3] – its officers are employed by both the Union Government and the individual states.

The service commands and provides leadership to State police forces and Union territories' police forces, Central Armed Police Forces (BSF, SSB, CRPF, CISF, and ITBP), the National Security Guard (NSG), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Special Protection Group (SPG), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Authorised Cadre Strength of the Indian Police Service (as on 01.01.2023)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "IPS, IAS and IFoS: All India Services (Government of India)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.