Punjab police schools to get army instructors

[Naveed Yaseen]

* Initiative in accordance with CM’s instructions
* CM’s taskforce on police training recommended army train police

By Rana Tanveer

LAHORE: All the police training centres in Punjab will get army instructors by October 10 to help prepare the police personnel to cope with terrorist and suicide attacks, Daily Times has learnt.

Police Training School (PTS) Chung Principal Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Maj ® Mubasharullah said his school had requested 100 army instructors to effectively train police personnel in counter-terrorism measures. He said 90 instructors had reached the Chung training centre already, adding he hoped the remaining 10 would reach the school within the next week. He said the instructors would be dispatched to all the other police training centres of the province, including PTS Rawalpindi, PTS Sargodha, PTS Farooqabad, PTS Multan, Training Centre Sihala and Elite Training Centre, following completion of modalities. Mubasharullah said 50 of the 100 requested instructors would be specially trained in the use of weaponry, while the remainder would be drill instructors. He said the larger training schools would receive 10 instructors each, while the smaller centres would be allotted five instructors each. The services of the army personnel were being hired on deputation, he added.

CM’s move: The special training for police personnel is being undertaken in line with instructions issued by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has accorded special attention to police training and has appointed a special taskforce to ensure it is conducted in an effective manner. The CM took this step after police failed to stop terrorists in several public incidents, including attacks on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team and the Naval War College. The CM’s instructions recommended that senior officials upgrade police training to cope with terrorism and suicide attacks. In response, Punjab Police Inspector General Tariq Saleem Dogar directed the heads of all police training centres to improve their training standard, assuring them their demands for better equipment for the schools would be fulfilled.

Advance recommendation: Separately, the CM’s taskforce on improvement of police training has been visiting all the province’s training schools and is compiling a report of their requirements. The taskforce would submit its requirements to the CM for final consideration after completion of its tour. However, Maj ® Mubashar said the induction of the army instructors was part of the taskforce’s recommendations. He said these personnel had been inducted before the recommendations were finalised because the taskforce had unanimously agreed to induct army personnel to improve police training.

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Army already training 650 cops

LAHORE: The Police Training School in Chuhng has received military instructors who have started imparted training to 650 officers of the 40th recruit class and 200 traffic wardens from five districts of Punjab. With two on-duty military instructors inducted on deputation for three years, the number of military instructors at the police training school has increased from 86 to 88. However, the number of police instructors has been reduced after transfers of 10 instructors. aaj kal report

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