page_title: Indian Police Service
section_title: Selection
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Police Service / Selection
caption_attribution_description: A peak cap worn by Indian Police Service (I.P.S) officers.
context_page_description: The Indian Police Service is one of the three All India Services as envisaged in the Constitution of India. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the United Kingdom.
  Along with the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Forest Service, the IPS is one of the three All India Services — its officers can be employed by both the Union Government and the individual states.
  The service was envisaged to command and provide leadership to state police forces and the union territories and also
  Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organisations. IPS officers played a key role in formation of Central armed Police Forces and their subsequent growth. The supreme Court has clarified in its order that grant of NFFU to CAPFs doesn't impact rights of IPS officers, if any regarding deputations to CAPFs The Bureau of Police Research and Development is responsible for research and development of the police force in India.
context_section_description: IPS officers are recruited from Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC. They are also promoted from State Police Services and DANIPS. However, at present, recruitment from Limited Competitive Examination has been put on hold.
caption: The peaked cap worn by  Indian Police Service officers as part of their uniform code.
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