Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)

Provincial Police Service
Prāntīya Pulisa Sevā
Service overview
Also known asUttarakhand Police Service
Founded15 May 2001
StateUttarakhand
Staff collegePolice Training College, Narendranagar, Uttarakhand
Cadre controlling authorityDepartment of Police, Government of Uttarakhand
Minister responsiblePushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Minister of Home Affairs
Legal personalityGovernmental: civil service
SelectionState Police Service Examination conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
AssociationUttarakhand PPS Association
Head of the Provincial Police Service
Director General of the Uttarakhand PoliceAbhinav 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]

  1. ^ "IPS (APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION) REGULATIONS, 1955" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2018.