CHENNAI: For the first time in the annals of police training, the largest ever batch of 1,061 sub-inspector (SI) trainees were presented to take the oath of allegiance in a colourful passing out parade held at the Tamil Nadu Police Academy in Oonamanchery on Wednesday.DGP (Training) Letika Saran said the batch consisted of 773 Taluk SIs (549 men and 224 women), 164 Armed Reserve (118 men and 48 women) and 122 TN Special Police SIs (87 men and 35 women). It included 256 post-graduates and 26 computer science graduates. Saran said the indoor training spread over 52 weeks aimed at imparting attitudes, skills and knowledge to prepare the trainees to be effective young leaders. In addition to core subjects such as law and scientific aids to investigation, several innovations in training design and content had been incorporated in the training curriculam.She said the trainees had been given adequate exposure to a diverse range of inputs like computers, cyber crime, internal security, maintenance of peace and order, personality development, communication skills, behavioural skills, police station management and disaster and crisis management, community policing, anger management, equilibrium thinking, among others. New activities were also incorporated in the outdoor training schedule, she added. The trainees spent 15 days in Manimuthar and Palani, where the TN Special Task Force imparted skills in jungle survival and commando apart from weaponry and marksmanship tactics. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who witnessed the passing out parade, presented medals for indoor, outdoor, firing and overall best trainees awards and the ‘Sword of Honour’ to Armed Reserve and TN Special Police.
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