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Police services in India comprises the Indian Police Service (IPS), DANIPS, and Pondicherry Police Service recruited by the central government, along with various State Police Services recruited by state governments. As policing is a state subject, the structure and organization of police forces vary across states.
Police is part of the State List in the Constitution of India. The State Police Services (SPS) per se, is a collective term to refer the police services of individual state governments of India. Officers of these services are recruited and appointed by the states and has the status of gazetted officers of the state government.
Uniforms of state and local police vary by grade, region, and type of duty. The main service uniform for state police is khaki. Some city forces, such as the Kolkata Police, wear white uniforms. Headgear differs by rank and state; officers usually wear a peaked cap, and constables wear berets or sidecaps. [3]
Several measures were identified as necessary to professionalise the police in India: A mid or high ranking police officer must not be transferred more frequently than every two years. The state government cannot ask the police force to hire someone, nor can they choose the Director General of the State Police.
The following details the ranks of the military police, which are also used by the National Public Security Force. The ranks are valid for the state military police agencies (such as the Military Police of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro) and are listed, respectively, from higher to lower ranks: [29] Officers
Other DGP rank officers head autonomous bodies not controlled by the DGP, such as the police recruitment board, fire service and police training, vigilance, anti-corruption bureau, prisons department, police housing society, police welfare bureau, etc. State forces are organised into zones, which consist of two (or more) ranges.
Note 1: The equivalent rank to the ASP in State Police Services is the deputy superintendent of police (DSP/DySP). Note 2: The commissioner of police is a post typically held by IG and above rank officers.
Highest Rank State Notes B. B. Ashok Kumar: Veerapan Mission, Bangalore Underworld, Black Market, Drug and Mafia Undercover Operation ACP Karnataka Awarded three President of India Gold Medals. Vinod Chaubey: Naxal urban network exposure SP Chhattisgarh Kirti Chakra, President's Medal for meritorious services H. T. Sangliana