The Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services, abbreviated as DANIPS, formerly called the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service, is the

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of the

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of India. It is part of the Central Civil Services (CCS). Candidates are recruited directly through the

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. The selected Group B officers are responsible for the law and order and policing functions of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...

Lakshadweep Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...

, and

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. The territory was constituted through the merger of the former territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Plans for the proposed merger were announced by th ...

. They form a feeder cadre of the

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Selection

DANIPS officers are recruited directly through the rigorous

(CSE) conducted by

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every year. Selected recruits are trained at Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan by the

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. In DANIPS, two-thirds of the strength is directly recruited through CSE examination and the remaining are promoted from the non-gazetted officers of the

Cadre

The Union Territories Division of the

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is the cadre controlling authority for DANIPS. As of 2018, DANIPS comprised 510 personnel, with a sanctioned strength of 533.

Positions

The Service includes four grades—Entry Grade (Group B), Selection Grade (Group A), Junior Administrative Grade-II (Group A), and Junior Administrative Grade-I (Group A). Officers in the Entry Grade undergo a two-year probation period. Entry and Selection Grade positions include Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in

and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in other

, while JAG I and II posts include

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(Add. DCP) in Delhi and vice principal at the Police Training College. Promotions up to JAG-I follow a time-scale basis: Entry Grade officers with a minimum of eight years of service are promoted to Selection Grade, then requiring 13 years to reach JAG-II and 18 years for JAG-I. Officers are posted in various wings (such as Crime & Traffic or others) or in a sub-division. In a sub-division, they are designated as

Sub-Divisional Police Officer {{More citations needed, date=December 2023 Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), also known as circle officer (CO) in some states like In the states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the post is known as circle officer (CO)., is a police officer ...

s (SDPO). Both DSP and Add. SP rank officers can serve as SDPOs. DANIPS officers may also be promoted to the

(IPS), after which they can be appointed as

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(DCP) in Delhi. IPS officers in the UTs are placed in the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.

References

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Police Service The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the safety, health, and possessions of citizens ...

Law enforcement in Delhi

1972 establishments in India

Selection

Cadre

Positions

See also

References