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Private agencies to train police for Games

Devesh K. Pandey

Over 40,000 cops engaged in public dealing will be trained for 2010 Commonwealth Games

Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

A new role now: A Delhi Police contingent.

NEW DELHI: To groom its men for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held here in the Capital, the Delhi police have hired the services of three private institutes on a trial basis for conducting training programmes for its personnel. Over 40,000 policemen engaged in public dealing would be trained under the project over the next three years.

An initial three-month contract has been signed by the police with the Institute of Stress Management (ISM), Indian Leasing & Finance Services (IL&FS) Educational & Technology Services Limited and Amity University for the job.

Stating that the police had struck a good deal, Special Commissioner of Police (Training) S. B. Deol on Saturday said their performance would be assessed during the first three months on the basis of which it would be decided whether to continue to avail of their services.

The Institute of Stress Management, looked after by several former servicemen and police officers, is run by V.K. Kapoor, a former Additional Director-General of Punjab Police. Indian Leasing & Finance Services (IL&FS) Educational & Technology Services has experience in organising training programmes for the Gujarat police. While ISM would concentrate on training the personnel on verbal and non-verbal communication skills, IL&FS has been entrusted with the job of honing their English-speaking ability. Amity would concentrate on instilling motivation and bringing about necessary attitudinal changes in the policemen to better their public dealing.

Training in batches

“The target at present is to train about 200 personnel per week. On an average, each personnel would undergo three-day training,” said Mr. Deol, adding that the exercise had already begun at the Police Training College (PTC). In fact, the first batch comprising 100 personnel completed the first round of training on Saturday.

Mr. Deol said the performance of the institutes was being reviewed by senior police officers on a daily basis and they were being advised on how to customise the training modules as per the requirements of the trainees and make them more specific, effective and compact.

Apart from PTC, the training would be organised in the various districts in the coming days. The traffic police personnel and those posted at police stations would be among the first to undergo training.

“The programme is not only aimed at preparing the personnel for the Commonwealth Games but also at improving their performance in general. It would instil confidence in them,” said Mr. Deol.

It is only after the policemen are assigned various duties for the Commonwealth Games that they would be given job-specific training.

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