State Police Services

The State Police Services (SPS), also simply known as State Police, are the police services under the control of respective state governments of the states and union territories of India.

State Police Service is known by different names in different states of India. For example, it is known as Tamil Nadu Police Service (TPS) in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Police Service (APPS) in Andhra Pradesh, Assam Police Service (APS) in Assam, Bihar Police Service (BPS) in Bihar, Provincial Police Service (PPS) in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala Police Service (KPS) in Kerala, etc. However, they all refer to the same state-level state police service responsible for maintaining law and order within their respective states.