Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 16: Director General of Police (DGP), K. Rajendra Kumar today said that adoption of latest techniques of trainings have assumed much importance in the present scenario and Jammu and Kashmir Police has been focussing on up-gradation of all the police training institutions across the State to sharpen the training skills for better policing.
Mr. Rajendra was addressing a meeting of senior police officers at Police Headquarters (PHQ) here this morning. The meeting was called in the back drop of a high level meeting convened by Union Ministry of Home Affairs, (MHA) in New Delhi recently to review the modernization scheme of JKP which was attended by a team of state police officers headed by the DGP.
Mr. Rajendra informed the meeting that Jammu and Kashmir Police had submitted a project of Rs. 280 crore for up-gradation of all police training institutions including Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy Udhampur, PTS Manigam, PTS Kathua, STC Sheeri, STC Talwara, PTTI, Vijaypur, and CTC Lethpora. He said that the project include strengthening of building infrastructure, procurement of specialized equipments and introducing special training courses for its personnel.
He said that apart from this, the department has also established a Training Centre at Sunjwan Jammu which is spread over 400 kanals of land and police personnel are being imparted training in the use of special methods of policing in the centre. The Centre has imparted training to more than 3,000 police personnel since its inception in 2011.
The DGP disclosed that the MHA has agreed to release Rs 30 crore to the Organization for the purpose which are being utilized to raise the building infrastructure in all the training institutions during the current year. Moreover Rs 50 crore would be released in the second instalment under the project.
Mr. Rajendra said that latest techniques of investigation, office automation, automatic weaponry, communication system and enhancement of training infrastructure including, outdoor and indoor firing butts are focussed to enhance our training abilities. Syllabus for various training courses has been reviewed from time to time in consultation with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) New Delhi to meet the latest requirements of policing, he added.
The DGP said that special focus has been given to enhance the investigation abilities for providing better professional policing and this has enabled the force to prevent and detect the heinous crimes. Intelligence gathering mechanism, commando training facilities, procurement of latest gadgetry and up-gradation of Forensic Science Laboratories are the other fields which are also attended to, he added.
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