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Sub-inspectors to train with ANF compulsorily

Jaideep Shenoy

Commando training for reserve sub-inspectors in Bangalore

MANGALORE: New police sub-inspectors — regular and reserve — will compulsorily have to serve a stint with the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) as part of their district training programme.

The Director-General and Inspector-General of Police passed an order last month making it mandatory for police sub-inspectors to serve with the ANF for one month and reserve sub-inspectors for two months.

D.V. Guruprasad, Additional Director-General of Police (Training and Recruitment) told The Hindu here that the first batch of 222 police sub-inspectors and 161 reserve sub-inspectors who had completed their training would join the ANF in batches from March.

“Their deployment with the ANF is being worked out by the respective Superintendents of Police and the ANF chief who is the Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) in Mangalore,” he said.

The department is also providing commando training for reserve sub-inspectors at the ninth Karnataka State Reserve Police battalion in Bangalore.

“They are being trained in field craft, jungle operations, tackling explosives and bomb detection. The fit among these men are being sent to train with the elite Grey Hounds in Hyderabad. As many as 180 personnel have trained with the Grey Hounds in the last three years and 90 are with the ANF,” he said.

Semester system

It is not just the universities in the State but even the State Police which is also smitten by the semester bug. Aspirants for police constable’s post will not only have to contend with an upgraded syllabus but also be prepared to prove their mastery in these subjects in a semester system.

The first semester carries 40 per cent weightage and the second 60 per cent.

The upgraded syllabus includes human rights, gender sensitivity, terrorist activities, white collar crimes as well as dealing with narcotics and psychotropic substances.

Another important facet of the new system is that the constable-trainees at various training schools will be assessed by independent examiners from within the department at the end of their training period.

Mr. Guruprasad said these topics had been included keeping in mind the fast changing profile of duties that policemen had come to perform of late. “In the semester system, trainees cannot waste their time,” he noted. “To ensure transparency in grading, we are assessing trainees with the aid of external examiners,” he said.

It is not just the police constables but even the sub-inspectors who now have to contend with updated syllabus. “For reserve sub-inspectors, the emphasis is on disaster management, including dealing with terrorist and naxal activities,” Mr. Guruprasad said.

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