The Indian Police Service officers are members of one of the three all-India Services, the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Indian Forest Service.They are recruited nationally by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts annual examinations for selecting candidates to all Class I Services, including the three all-India Services of the Central Government. More than a hundred thousand take the UPSC examinations every year; about 600 qualify, 60 -70 for the Indian Police Service.
In order to qualify for entrance into the IPS, the candidate must be between 20-28 years old; he must be a citizen of India; a graduate of an approved university. Candidates who pass the written test sit for a personality test. This is an oral interview designed to ascertain how the candidate conducts himself in a situation of personal interaction.
All evidence suggested, till recently, that the UPSC got the most able and the best qualified candidates every year. Careers in Management and Computers, seem to have now challenged the virtual monopoly of the Central government in the job market. Government employment, especially an all-India Service, enjoys enormous prestige, somewhat attenuated in recent years ,but still considerable.The Service provides for full and continuous use of talent,and for the exercise of influence in the shaping and execution of public policies and programmes.
The Indian Police Service officers are trained at the National Police Academy(NPA), Hyderabad in Andhra State.The regimen is stiff, involving training in police subjects-Criminology, Law, Forensic Science, Investigation,, State languages, Management Computers, Communications, Photography-and training in outdoor activities,drills, parades, riding, athletics ,swimming and martial arts.The course lasts one year culminating in a tour of polce installations and institutions all over India and a demanding final examination.
The IPS officers are recruited nationally , and after training at NPA, Hyderabad, are assigned to state cadres, to which they remain attached to for the remainder of their career. After passing their final examination officers report to their assigned state police forces. There they become familiar with the peculiarity of the state organisation,are assigned briefly to each phase of police work -night patrolling, identification parade of suspects,inventory management of the armoury,uniform items and a host of other activities.After a year of familiarisation,the officers are confirmed in the Service or terminated.
Postings begin at the level of Assistant Superintendent of Police,in charge of a sub-division,with four or more police stations. On an average,after five to seven years of service,the officer is posted as Superintendent of Police of a district with two or more sub-divisions.The next promotion is to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police,incharge of a Range,comprising three or four districts.They work under the Zonal Inspector General of Police,incharge of Zones,comprising eight to ten districts,who in turn, report to the Director General of Police at the state capital.When not in the Districts,Ranges or Zones,the officers move on transfer to the Crime Branch,Special Branch or the armed batallions of the state police force.
The IPS officers may also choose to move from the state to go on deputation to the Government of India Central Police organisations-the Central para-military forces including the Border Security Force,the Central Reserve Police,the Indo-Tibetan Border Police or the premier investigation agency -the Central Bureau of Investigation,the premier intelligence gathering agency-the Intelligence Bureau or vigilance organisations in the Public Sector Undertakings of the Central Government.
The IPS officers are well paid.They are in the highest income bracket among government employees.They are entitled to live in quarters provided by the Government,often in the best parts of the city.They are coverd by group life insurance schemes.Their medical bills are reimbursed by the Government.They use staff cars to move about on duty.
The retirement age for IPS officers is 60.Many decide to just hang up their boots.Others find employment in State or Union Public Service Commission as members on the recruitment board.More successful ones can become Governors ,often in troubled states, in the North-East of India,on the Indo-Chinese or the Indo-Burmese borders.The States of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir,where terrorism developed on a large scale,IPS officers were emloyed after retirement as Governors of the State. One IPS officer was also posted as the Indian Ambassador to an East European country. Some take up employment in the private sector, either in managerial positions or as in-charge of the industrial security set up. Many write memoirs, books or join newspapers. Some run their own security agencies or join an established firm offering private investigation, or security services.
In order to qualify for entrance into the IPS, the candidate must be between 20-28 years old; he must be a citizen of India; a graduate of an approved university. Candidates who pass the written test sit for a personality test. This is an oral interview designed to ascertain how the candidate conducts himself in a situation of personal interaction.
All evidence suggested, till recently, that the UPSC got the most able and the best qualified candidates every year. Careers in Management and Computers, seem to have now challenged the virtual monopoly of the Central government in the job market. Government employment, especially an all-India Service, enjoys enormous prestige, somewhat attenuated in recent years ,but still considerable.The Service provides for full and continuous use of talent,and for the exercise of influence in the shaping and execution of public policies and programmes.
The Indian Police Service officers are trained at the National Police Academy(NPA), Hyderabad in Andhra State.The regimen is stiff, involving training in police subjects-Criminology, Law, Forensic Science, Investigation,, State languages, Management Computers, Communications, Photography-and training in outdoor activities,drills, parades, riding, athletics ,swimming and martial arts.The course lasts one year culminating in a tour of polce installations and institutions all over India and a demanding final examination.
The IPS officers are recruited nationally , and after training at NPA, Hyderabad, are assigned to state cadres, to which they remain attached to for the remainder of their career. After passing their final examination officers report to their assigned state police forces. There they become familiar with the peculiarity of the state organisation,are assigned briefly to each phase of police work -night patrolling, identification parade of suspects,inventory management of the armoury,uniform items and a host of other activities.After a year of familiarisation,the officers are confirmed in the Service or terminated.
Postings begin at the level of Assistant Superintendent of Police,in charge of a sub-division,with four or more police stations. On an average,after five to seven years of service,the officer is posted as Superintendent of Police of a district with two or more sub-divisions.The next promotion is to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police,incharge of a Range,comprising three or four districts.They work under the Zonal Inspector General of Police,incharge of Zones,comprising eight to ten districts,who in turn, report to the Director General of Police at the state capital.When not in the Districts,Ranges or Zones,the officers move on transfer to the Crime Branch,Special Branch or the armed batallions of the state police force.
The IPS officers may also choose to move from the state to go on deputation to the Government of India Central Police organisations-the Central para-military forces including the Border Security Force,the Central Reserve Police,the Indo-Tibetan Border Police or the premier investigation agency -the Central Bureau of Investigation,the premier intelligence gathering agency-the Intelligence Bureau or vigilance organisations in the Public Sector Undertakings of the Central Government.
The IPS officers are well paid.They are in the highest income bracket among government employees.They are entitled to live in quarters provided by the Government,often in the best parts of the city.They are coverd by group life insurance schemes.Their medical bills are reimbursed by the Government.They use staff cars to move about on duty.
The retirement age for IPS officers is 60.Many decide to just hang up their boots.Others find employment in State or Union Public Service Commission as members on the recruitment board.More successful ones can become Governors ,often in troubled states, in the North-East of India,on the Indo-Chinese or the Indo-Burmese borders.The States of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir,where terrorism developed on a large scale,IPS officers were emloyed after retirement as Governors of the State. One IPS officer was also posted as the Indian Ambassador to an East European country. Some take up employment in the private sector, either in managerial positions or as in-charge of the industrial security set up. Many write memoirs, books or join newspapers. Some run their own security agencies or join an established firm offering private investigation, or security services.
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