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| Also known as | Uttarakhand Police Service |
| Founded | 15 May 2001 |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| Staff college | Police Training College, Narendranagar, Uttarakhand |
| Cadre controlling authority | Department of Police, Government of Uttarakhand |
| Minister responsible | Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Minister of Home Affairs |
| Legal personality | Governmental: civil service |
| Selection | State Police Service Examination conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission |
| Association | Uttarakhand PPS Association |
| Head of the Provincial Police Service | |
| Director General of the Uttarakhand Police | Abhinav Kumar, IPS |
Provincial Police Service (IAST: Prāntīya Pulisa Sevā), often abbreviated to as PPS, is the state civil service for policing of Uttarakhand Police comprising Group A and Group B posts. 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 of the Government of Uttarakhand 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.[1]
- ^ "IPS (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1955" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2018.