Three police officers of DANIPS cadre have been promoted to the rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police. Posted in Delhi Police , these officers are Tanu Sharma , Uma Shankar and Ravi Kant. They are from the 2011 batch of DANIPS and were posted at the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
Elevated at the rank of Adl. DCP , these officers were piped by Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana in a simple ceremony at Vimarsh Conference Hall in Police HeadQuarters here in New Delhi.. Entire Top Brass of Delhi police were present during the piping ceremony.
Usually people ask what is DANIPS ? Actually DANIPS is an allied service of Indian Police Service (IPS). The acronym DANIPS stands for – Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra , Nagar & Haveli and Daman & Diu Police Service. DANIPS is a federal police service in India which administers the National Capital Territory of Delhi and different Union territories of India. DANIPS is a Group B service and its officers are recruited by the Civil Service Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
DANIPS officers are selected from the same merit list which is prepared on the basis of results of Civil Services Examination. DANIPS officers are like State Police Service officers recruited by the Public Service Commission of the concerned State. DANIPS is a feeder category for IPS and its officers are trained at Police Training College situated at Jharoda Kalan in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home is the cadre controlling authority for both the services DANIPS and IPS. There first posting ACP which is the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in States. DANIPS officers are transferred in all UT’s as mentioned.
