Indian Police Service

The Indian Police Service (IPS) : The IPS is responsible for public safety and internal security (Home affairs). The IPS mainly takes care of law and order and at the district level, it is a shared responsibility with the IAS. Crime prevention and detection, traffic management and accident prevention are the main jobs of the IPS. In order to fulfil these functions with greater efficiency, this service is divided into various functional departments. Crime branch, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Home Guards, Traffic Bureau are the main departments of the IPS.
A number of Central Policing Agencies like Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Border Security Force (BSF) Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are headed by IPS officers. On completion of probation an IPS begins his career as an Assistant Superintendent of Police of a sub-division and can hope to go up to the level of Director General of Police in the State.