Sub Inspector is a rank extensively used in the The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the services of the government of the state of India; others being Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Engineering Service,Indian Economic Service etc. Categories: Stub ... Indian Police, which primarily is based on the Great Britain is an island lying off the western coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom. Great Britain is also used as a political term describing the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the islands territory. Great Britain... British model. A Sub Inspector generally is in command of a A police station (North American English and British English) is a building which serves as the headquarters of a police force which serves a specific district. These buildings contain the entire force, a dispatcher, their police vehicles and may also contain a jail. Alternate terms include precinct or precinct house... police station (with head constables eq. sergeants commanding police out posts). He is the first ranked officer who as per the Indian Police rules and regulations can file a charge sheet in court, and is the first investigating officer. Officers sub-ordinate to him, cannot file charge sheets but can only investigate the cases on behalf of the Sub Inspector.

A Sub Inspector, most commonly known as S.I, ranks above a Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and below an Inspector (who will be supervising more than one police station). In police stations having a large number of cases to handle extra ranks of Sub Inspectors would be created. The extra ranks are known as Additional Sub Inspector (Addl. S.I), and generally would be officers who have come up through the ranks. Sub Inspectors directly recruited into the police force (due to better educational qualifications) would be the primary authority and is referred to as Principal Sub Inspector.

Other specialised units like the Central Armed Reserve Police Force, State Armed Reserve Police and Armed Battalions have the same rank, but generally these officers don't have any investigative powers. Same holds for ranks like Sub Inspector (Band), Sub Inspector (Motor Transport) etc.

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