Provincial Police Service

Provincial Police Service
Prāṃtīya Pulis Sevā

Service overview
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Also known as	Uttar Pradesh Police Service
Founded	1858 (1858)
State	Uttar Pradesh
Staff college	Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Cadre contolling authority	Department of Home and Confidential, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Minister responsible	Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Home and Confidential
Legal personality	Governmental: civil service
Duties	State Law Enforcement State Crime Investigation State Security Intelligence State Public Order
Current cadre strength	1310 members (807 officers directly recruited by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and 503 officers promoted from the rank of inspector)
Selection	State Civil Services Examination
Association	Uttar Pradesh PPS Association
Head of the State Civil Services
Chief Secretary	Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS
Principal Secretary (Home)	Arvind Kumar, IAS
Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police	O. P. Singh, IPS

Provincial Police Service (IAST: Prāṃtīya Pulis Sevā), often abbreviated to as PPS, is the Group A state civil service for policing of Uttar Pradesh Police. It is also the feeder service for Indian Police Service in the state.

PPS officers hold various posts at the circle, district, range, zonal and state levels to maintain order, enforce the law and to prevent and detect crime. The Department of Home and Confidential of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Forest Service (PFS), the PPS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.

Responsibilities of a PPS officer

The typical functions performed by a PPS officer are:

• To fulfil 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.
• Leading and commanding the , State Vigilance Establishment, Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), State Intelligence Bureau etc under the supervision of IPS officers.
• Leading and commanding the UP-PAC, State Special Task Force (UP-STF) etc. under the supervision of IPS officers.
• To interact and coordinate closely with the members of other state civil services in the matters regarding policing.
• To lead and command the force with courage, uprightness, dedication and a strong sense of service to the people.
• Endeavour to inculcate in the police forces under their command such values and norms as would help them serve the people better.
• Inculcate integrity of the highest order, sensitivity to aspirations of people in a fast-changing social and economic milieu, respect for human rights, broad liberal perspective of law and justice and high standard of professionalism.

Career progression

Post the completion of his or her training, a PPS officer, in the rank of deputy superintendent of police (Dy. SP), generally serves at the police circle level as circle officer. Generally, a police circle consists of three to five police stations. After that, they get promoted to the rank of additional superintendent of police (Addl. SP). Districts with a senior superintendent of police (SSP) as the police chief generally have four Addl. SPs under the SSP, each responsible for city, rural areas, crime and traffic designated as 'SP (City)', 'SP (Rural Areas)', 'SP (Crime)' and 'SP (Traffic)'. Whereas, districts with a superintendent of police (SP) as the police chief usually have one Addl. SP who is designated as 'ASP'.

At the zonal level, a PPS officer is posted as the staff officer of the concerned additional director general of police heading the zone. Before 2017, they were posted as staff officer to IG police zone but now ADG rank officers are posted in zones. PPS officers of the rank of Addl. SP are also posted as sector officers in the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department. PPS officers are also attached to DGP Headquarters as Addl. SP and Dy. SP. They are also posted in State Police Recruitment and Promotion Boards, Anti Terrorist Squad, Special Task Force, Special Investigation Team, State Vigilance Establishment, Economic Offences Wing HQ etc.

PPS officers also serve as deputy commandants (at Addl. SP rank) and assistant commandants (at Dy. SP rank) in the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary, Uttar Pradesh's state armed police force. On deputation, a PPS officer can be sent to one of the various constitutional bodies, agencies and state public sector enterprises, such as the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, electricity distribution boards, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission, Uttar Pradesh Disaster Response Force et al. in capacity of Addl. SP and Dy. SP. Some PPS officers have also went to work for central government agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate and the National Investigation Agency.

After completion of two decades of service, PPS officers directly recruited by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) get promoted to the Indian Police Service, after confirmation by the Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India and the Union Public Service Commission. One-third of the total IPS strength in Uttar Pradesh is reserved for PPS officers (SPS quota).

Salary structure

Most of the directly recruited PPS officers get promoted to the IPS after getting pay level 13A. Those who don't get promotion to IPS then get pay level 14, and get classified as 'superseded'.

The salary structure of the Provincial Police Service

Insignia	Grade/level on pay matrix	Base salary (per month)	Position in the Uttar Pradesh Police	Years of service
	Senior administrative grade (Above Super time scale) (pay level 14)	₹144200–218200	Addl. SP (Higher Grade)	28th year
	Super time scale (pay level 13A)	₹131100–216600	Addl. SP (Special Grade-I)	26th year
	Selection grade (pay level 13)	₹118500–214100	Addl. SP (Special Grade-II)	24th year
	Junior administrative grade (pay level 12)	₹78800–191500	Addl. SP	16th year
	Senior time scale (pay level 11)	₹67700–160000	Dy. SP (Senior Grade)	9th year
	Junior time scale (pay level 10)	₹56100–132000	Dy. SP (Junior Grade)	Initial year

Major concerns and reforms

Promotion to IPS

According to the Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, PPS officers are eligible for promotion to IPS after completion of eight years of service. But in reality, officers are generally promoted to the IPS after two decades in service.

Political influence

Directly recruited IPS officers often complain that promotee PPS officers are given preference in field postings due to their close proximity to politicians which they form in two decades of their service. Since the state government was often ruled by regional parties, many politicians allegedly fix 'their men' on important inspector general and deputy inspector general rank positions. Currently 32 out of 75 district SSPs and SPs are promotee IPS officers, including the SSP of Kanpur Nagar, which has the largest district police force in the state. In addition six deputy inspectors general heading range headquarters are promotee IPS officers.