
IPS Power: Many people dream of becoming a big officer by passing the UPSC exam. Some of them desire administrative services while some want to join police service. Today we will tell you about the strengths of two posts related to IPS i.e. Indian Police Service, SP and CP. We will also tell you which of these two is more powerful. Let us tell you that both SP and CP are big posts in the Indian Police Service, but they are deployed as IPS officers of different ranks. Besides, there is a lot of difference in their salaries also.
SP has this power
Let us tell you that SP is also known as Superintendent of Police or Superintendent of Police. So CP is also called Commissioner of Police or Police Commissioner. First we will talk about the functions of SP and its strengths. As far as the functions of SP are concerned, SP is responsible for an entire district. It is usually appointed in district headquarters and small towns and the SP has control over the entire police force of such districts. Although SPs are also deployed in big cities, but there SPs are appointed as second officers or third officers. Above them, IG or DIG rank officers get preference.
Don’t ignore the power of CP
If we talk about CP, then CP i.e. Commissioner of Police is appointed directly in the metropolis. CP is the head of an entire police range in which there are more than 1 district and city. The CP is not responsible for any one district, but is the sole head of the police of the entire division and range, who takes command directly from the Home Ministry and executes the work as per the Home Secretary. At least 2 to 3 SPs work under one CO. Although both SP and CP are IPS officers.
There is so much difference in the salary of both
Let us tell you that there is a lot of difference in the salary of SP and CP. The salary range of SP is Rs 78,000 – 2,09,200 (as per 7th Pay Commission, along with grade pay and other allowances. This salary can change depending on the state and years of service. Whereas the salary range of CP is 1, Rs 44,200 – 2,24,100 (depending on post and seniority). CP salary is higher than SP because this post is bigger. Is responsible for handling the law and order of cities.
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