The Indian Police Service abbr. There is no alternative to this administrative system The Union will go, you will not have a united India if you do not have good All-India Service which has the independence to speak out its mind, which has sense of security that you will standby your work If you do not adopt this course, then do not follow the present Constitution. Substitute something else Remove them and I see nothing, but a picture of chaos all over the country.
The rank of inspector general was equated to that of a brigadier , [ 8 ] and similar ranks in the Indian Armed Forces , as per a central warrant of precedence issued in In —, a police commission was established to recommend reforms under Sir Andrew Fraser and Lord Curzon. Previously, Indians could rise only to the rank of an inspector, the senior N. However they were not part of the Indian Imperial Police.
From onward, the Indian Imperial Police was open to Indians and the entrance examination for the service was conducted both in India and England. Prior to Independence, senior police officers belonging to the Imperial Police IP were appointed by the secretary of state on the basis of a competitive examination. The first open civil service examination for admittance to the service was held in England in June and the ten top candidates were appointed as probationers in the Indian Imperial Police.
It is not possible to identify an exact date for when the Indian Police Service came formally into being. Around , the secretary of state's officers were directed to wear the letters "IP" on their epaulettes in order to distinguish them from other officers not recruited by the secretary through examination.
Therefore, could be regarded as the starting point for the IPS. Despite having a very small cadre strength, many IPS officers have been awarded the highest gallantry awards Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra. Though generally deployed in supervisory roles at senior levels, it is not uncommon for IPS officers to be in the field taking active part in maintaining law and order.
