The Uttar Pradesh Police has the distinction of being the largest single Police force not only in the country but of the entire world. The Director General of UP Police commands a force of approx. 1.70 Lacs aprox. personnel spread over 71 districts, 31 armed Battalions and other specialised wings/ branches relating to Intelligence, Investigation, Anti-corruption, Technical, Training, Forensic Science etc.

The present police system in the country was created following the recommendation of the Police Commission headed by Mr. H.M. Court in 1860 which led to the enactment of the Police Act of 1861, which is in force even today. The same Mr. Court became the first Inspector General of Police of the then North West Province and Avadh which comprised the territory of the present state of Uttar Pradesh. The Police structure was erected in the form of the eight organizations.

UTTAR PRADESH POLICE RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION BOARD was set up vide a Government Order dated 02/12/08 for the dual purpose of conducting direct recruitment and effecting promotions to the various non-gazetted posts of Uttar Pradesh Police as per the related Recruitment Rules and Procedures.

The Board is headed by a Chairman of the rank of Director General/Additional Director General Police, assisted by two Members (Inspector General rank officers) one of whom is designated Member Secretary, two Deputy Inspectors General designated Additional Secretary, one each for Recruitment and Promotion, one Superintendent of Police (Vigilance), one Joint Secretary Finance, one System Analyst, two Deputy Secretary rank officers, two Additional Superint endents of Police as Under Secretaries, six Deputy Superintendents of Police and 184 non-gazetted posts, on deputation basis.

THE FOCUS of Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board is to evolve and deploy a recruitment process that is fair, transparent and tamperproof which with the help of well defined procedures and the use of technology will facilitate recruitment of candidates on the principle of meritorious selection.

Further, the Board is committed towards ensuring regularity and objectivity in promotions to various ranks of Uttar Pradesh Police thereby achieving quality upgradation and a high level of motivation and morale.

The Utter Pradesh Police Recruitment & Promotion Board is part of UP Police Department.

Police Recruitment is a process of applicants to staff vacancies in organization. This process of recruitment attracts and secures the services of capable personnel with Optimum utilization of the human resources. Recruiting people is a difficult process when it comes to government organizations. This is because while recruiting people much number of parameters is to be taken into consideration in order to select a right candidate.

Now a days recruitment process in Government organizations, Semi Government organizations or in Government aided institutions is a cumbersome process. There are quite a good number of procedures that are to be followed while staffing and very often the business rules are changing and also the process of recruitment should be foolproof. The application should be highly user configurable because of the dynamic changes that affects the recruitment process.