INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (IPS)
The Indian Police Service simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. The IPS is not a law enforcement agency; rather it is a civil service in which officers are selected on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations, and to which all police officers are professionally identified. Indian Police officers are employed by the police departments of respective states of India. During the probation period an IPS has to undergo two year of the job training in the office of a Superintendent of Police of a district in the State you have been allocated .On completing your two year probation, you will be confirmed as a three star Assistant Superintendent of Police (A.S.P.). As Superintendent of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police of a District and as Deputy Inspector General of a Range you will be exclusively responsible for the prevention and detection of crime. In cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, the law and order duties are the exclusive responsibility of the police force. In these cities the ASP, SP, and the DIG are called Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPO), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Commissioner of Police (CP). The Director General of Police (DG) is the head of the entire Police force of a state.
