30 IPS officers quit jobs in last 2 years

A total of 12 IPS officers quit their jobs in 2008 while the figure stood at 10 and eight in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Contrary to popular perception that Indian Police Service (IPS) is an elite all-India service, 30 officers of the cadre have left the top policing job for greener pastures in the last three years.Though steps are being taken to the vacancy positions of the IPS officers, no major step has been taken to stop their attrition.Given the shortage of IPS officers at the SP-level in many state cadres and taking into account the average attrition rate, the government has increased the annual batch-size from 130 to 150.Steps are also being taken to allow young officers of paramilitary and army to join IPS through limited departmental examination. PTI