User:Reneemessinger/Indian Police Service

LEGEND

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Major concerns and public debates
Due to the immense amount of power and responsibility that IPS officers hold, there are many issues that can arise when personal beliefs, desires, emotions, safety, and security are at play.

Corruption
Some IPS officers have been accused of misuse of power, public corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking. There have been various instances of abuse of the public by officers. High-ranking officers often enjoy many luxuries for no cost. There is also opportunity to receive extra payment for doing specific tasks on the job.

Sectarianism
There is a great political, religious, and cultural divide in India. The rise of the BJP has boosted the popularity of Hindutva and created further polarization between ring-wing and left-wing parties ''. Nageswara Rao, a former CBI Director and officer in the IPS, commented, "It is Hinduism, including Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism) that is the identity marker of India. You remove it, India will not be India but just any other Christian or Muslim country." In another article, he stated,'' "Abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Islam are doctrinally ordained as world conquering expansionist creeds. Which means they have to continuously increase their demography with which comes the geography too. Both religions poach from others through well-oiled multinational conversion machinery." This is merely one opinion from an IPS officer and is not representative of the IPS employee population as a whole. However, Rao's Hindutva beliefs are collectively shared by a large amount of right-wing supporters in India. With strong-held beliefs, like Hindutva, that many people hold, these beliefs have the possibility of creeping into their professions.