CM inaugurates virtual classroom for police training, lauds the force
LUCKNOW: Inaugurating the virtual classroom for police recruits at Indira Bhawan here on Wednesday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath lauded police working and said the force was performing well despite a huge shortage of manpower.
The virtual classroom at the UP police training directorate will be used to train 33,337 new police recruits.
The CM said that law and order had improved in the state over the past 16 months due to efforts of the police force. He said it had made a positive difference, with firms showing more interest in investing in UP. “The investments will provide more job opportunities to the youth,” said Yogi.
He also addressed the issue of manpower crunch, saying there was shortage of 1.6 lakh posts in the police force including all ranks -- followers, constables, armed police constables and sub-inspectors -- and that his government was trying to fill in the vacancies by announcing new openings in accordance with the available infrastructure. Yogi said this first virtual classroom for police recruits in the country would improve the training provided to them. “Better training will improve the policing quality, as the trainees will learn new techniques of present day policing,” he said.
During the CM’s address, 10,315 police recruits from 29 different centres were directly linked to the virtual class. Training of new recruits is scheduled in these centres over the next six months.
Yogi congratulated the recruits and boosted their morale. He also advised them to discharge their duty with honesty and discipline.
Speaking on the present day challenges, the CM said that today cops were not meant to work the way the police functioned during the British period.
The police have had to change its working according to the altering crime trends, said the CM, asserting that there was a need to focus on cyber crime and sensitisation programmes for handling crime against women, children and the underprivileged.
Yogi said that good policing meant winning the confidence of common people through good behaviour. However, he added the police should sternly deal with troublemakers, criminals and people involved in anti-national activities.
Sharing details about the training process, director general of police (DGP) OP Singh said it would include soft skills development, disaster management and building of mental aptitude.
The DGP said training had been scheduled in 85 training centres across the state. These would include 31 permanent centres operational at police training institutes, police lines and PAC battalions in different districts and 53 temporary centres set-up across the state.
“The UP police has also roped in 14 other training centres including eight running on central reserve police force campuses, three on central industrial security force (CISF) campuses, and three in Uttarakhand,” said Singh.