Soft skills now important part of training

NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of rising crime against women in the city, a new course on gender sensitization has found favour with the training branch of Delhi Police. "We had some components of gender sensitive training earlier," said special CP (training) SN Shrivastava . "But now the focus is much sharper. We have separate gender sensitization courses for new recruits as well as for seasoned cops in their refresher courses."

So much so, an officer of the rank of special secretary chaired a meeting between 31 NGOs and the police training branch on Tuesday to come up with ways to improve policing for women in the city. "We want inputs on how we can further improve our syllabus and suggestions on gender sensitive policing," said joint commissioner of police (training) Robin Hibu.

Now, police are being taught how to interact with complainants, show compassion to victims and treat everyone with courtesy. Some short courses cover rape investigation, human trafficking , court instructions on treatment of complainants , etc.

Besides courses for new recruits, refresher courses for older cops were started a couple of months ago. "While we started refresher courses last year, they were only properly begun this year with some degree of regularity. These are three-week-long and include a range of courses," added Shrivastava.

An especially important course started recently is 'barricade training' . In just two months, 4,893 cops have been trained to be efficient at barricade checkpoints. While 10 cops each from the 11 police districts attend these classes during the week, one ACP and four SHOs of every district are required to attend the course on Saturdays.

To improve training facilities, now each trainer is also assessed through feedback from trainees and other modes of assessment. Those rated lowest are immediately replaced, said police officials. "We are also trying to build a secure environment or training and are getting specialized instructors from all parts of the country," said Hibu. The training classes also have computer presentations to maintain a standard of teaching. Meanwhile, with the urgent requirement of more police personnel in Delhi, around Rs 258 crore has been sanctioned to allow 3,000 more trainees to be accommodated in the training setup. While it will take a couple of years to build the infrastructure, it will be a relief to several trainees who are currently forced to sleep in tents instead of proper buildings, added officials.

Several welfare measures have also come as a big relief to trainees. While the PTC finally got its own exclusive water supply recently, a CGHS centre is soon expected to come up at the police training college. At present, the nearest hospital is in Janakpuri.

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