The Indian Police Service or IPS, is one of the three All India Services (IAS,IPS & IFoS) of the Government of India.
The main function of police officers is to maintain order, enforce the law, and to prevent and detect crime.
So if you are the one who has the zeal to uphold the rule of law, curb corruption, provide justice and maintain peace in the society IPS should be your choice. Read below for more duties you can do as an IPS officer.
The Indian Police Service is not a force itself but a service providing leaders and commanders to staff the state police and all-India Central Armed Police Forces. Its members are the senior officers of the police.
What duties you fulfill as an IPS officer?
Leading and commanding the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) which include the Central Police Organisations (CPO) and Central Paramilitary Forces (CPF) such as Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Vigilance Organisations, Indian Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.
Fulfill duties based on border responsibilities, in the areas of maintenance of public peace and order, crime prevention, investigation, and detection, collection of intelligence, VIP security, counter-terrorism, border policing, railway policing, tackling smuggling, drug trafficking, economic offences, corruption in public life, disaster management, enforcement of socio-economic legislation, bio-diversity and protection of environmental laws etc.
Serve as head of the departments in policy making in the Ministries and Departments of Central and State Governments and public sector undertakings both at centre and states, Government of India.
To interact and coordinate closely with the members of other All India Services and also with the Indian Armed Forces primarily with the Indian Army.
How are IPS officers recruited?