To be a top-position police officer one must complete:
- After graduation, enrol for the Civil Services Exam, which is held in two phases—preliminary and main examinations.
- Thereafter, appear for the Indian Police Service (IPS) examination.
- After clearing IPS, clear a recruitment examination. Training is conducted after clearing the recruitment examination; this includes physical exercise, shooting, riding, combat, parade, lathi-training, handling riots and more.
