I've been writing and saying for quite long that all paramilitary forces be merged into one internal security force on the lines of one single Army. IPS must be excluded absolutely from all central police forces. There should be only internal division in this new big united force like the military has.
Its own career officers should become its DG which should be equivalent to that of military. DG=Lt Gen only, so all paramilitary forces when united will make an Internal Security Force/Army as big as the army itself which will require bigger leadership.
Most IPS are actually IAS crazy babuphiliacs with an upper age limit of 30-38 at the time of recruitment, country doesn't need such useless baked clay!
Veterans/Ex-Servicemen must be utilised in paramilitary forces with induction at one rank higher or at least in the higher grade on the same rank.
Army is meant for aggression and deadly assault against invading aliens, whether defence or offence. Internal security including anti-insurgency, CI-Ops, election duties, security of key institutions/installations, border patrolling etc is fundamentally dealing with our own citizens howsoever rogue they turn out to be. The training is different & attitudes become different. Even in Russia/US.
And yes Army should deal with Army only. This experiment of Army officers leading a paramilitary force is already there in Assam Rifles and Coast Guard which has created plethora of grave problems and in fact wrecked the sentinels of our northeast almost completely.
Finally to say: law and order & civil policing doesn't make one(read IPS babu) automatically an expert in internal security(any of its aspect/dimension).
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