►The Indian Police Service or IPS, is an All India Service for policing. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India gained independence from Britain.✦

►The service is not a force itself but provides leaders and commanders to staff the state police and all-India Central Armed Police Forces. Its members are the senior officers of the police. The Bureau of police Research and Development is responsible for research and development of the police force in India.✦