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About IPS (Central) Association
The Indian Police Service (IPS) constituted under Article 312 of the Constitution of India, is one of the three All India services, the other two being IAS and IFS. The Indian Police Service replaced the Indian (Imperial) Police in 1948, a year after India's Independence..?

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Message from Secretary
For an emerging economic power, peace and stability are essential pre-requisites for growth and development. Policing touches almost every aspect of life. The challenges of policing a multi-cultural, multi ethnic, multi religious and socially diverse population..

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Rakesh Agarwal
Secretary (HP 1994)
History of IPS

Senior police officers of the Imperial Police (IP) were appointed by the Secretary of State, on the basis of a competitive examination, before independence.

The first open civil service examinations were held in England in June 1893. Top ten candidates were appointed in the Indian (Imperial) Police on probation. In 1907,...


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Our Chiefs

The history of Indian Police is replete with many legendary figures who brought immense glory to the Service by their competence, tenacity and sterling contributions. Words fail to capture their commitment to the nation, the glorious vision they possessed, and supremely remarkable leadership with which they scripted the journey of the Indian police and took it to the pinnacle.

  • Total Cadre strength is
    4756 across 26 State/Joint
    Cadres
  • Police-public ratio in India is
    136.42 per one lakh
    population
  • Leading a force of 22 lakh State Police & 10 lakh Central Forces
  • Manages around
    80,000 agitations per year
  • 32 officers of the Indian Police Service laid down their lives in the line of duty
  • Manage 718 police districts of which 188 are terrorist/LWE affected
  • 136.42 civil policemen per lakh population, as against a global average 341 and Median 303
  • Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) includes Central Police Organisations (CPO) & Central Paramilitary Forces (CPF) such BSF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, NSG, CISF



The police of my conception will, however, be of a wholly different pattern from the present-day force. Its ranks will be composed of believers in non-violence. They will be servants, not masters of the people. The people will instinctively render them any help, and through mutual co-operation they will easily deal with the ever-decreasing disturbances. The police force will have some kind of arms, but they will be rarely used, if at all. In fact the police men will be reformers. Their police work will be confined primarily to robbers and dacoits.
Mahatma Gandhi, Harijan, 23-10-37, p. 308
  • Best PracticesNational
    Himachal Pradesh

    Kullu Temple theft used social media and google maps to trace the perpetrator A centuries old idol of Lord Rama, which had been stolen from the Rajhunath Ji temple, was very skilfully recovered by the Himachal Pradesh Police and restored to its former glory.

    The operation was executed with due diligence and appropriate use of technology.

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  • Best PracticesInternational
    NYPD, USA

    A fine model of policing and a sector which also works like any well-organized corporation. Training and Orientation of different scales and diversity leads the force towards a connected and community sensitive service.

    Police is part of the public and vice versa. Hence understanding the public pulse is necessary for enhanced communication between the enforcers and abiders. ...

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