State Police Services
Upon clearing the selection process, candidates are appointed as SPS officers and undergo training at the police academy before being posted.While some states have a direct recruitment process for SPS officers, others follow a promotion-based system.The process of appointment from the State Police Service to the IPS against the Promotion Quota is a lengthy process involving three stakeholders- the concerned State Government, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), and the Union Government.The roles of these stakeholders are defined in the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954, Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, and IPS (Regulation of Seniority) Rules, 1988.The process begins with the Central Government determining the vacancies against the promotion quota of any state for a particular calendar year.