Governor, lieutenant general (retd) Gurmit Singh interacted with 18 trainee deputy superintendents of police of Uttarakhand in a programme organised at Raj Bhawan. He asked them about the challenges before the police in the coming five years, the three big heroes of Uttarakhand Police over a period of 21 years who should be considered as role models for new police officers, the kind of transformation policing needs in the coming times, the three tasks that should absolutely not be done by police officers and jawans, the challenges faced by women police officers and other questions.  These trainee officers, after completing their training from Narendranagar Police Training College had come to the Raj Bhawan to pay a courtesy call to the governor.  In response to a question by the governor regarding infrastructure improvement in Police Training College, Narendranagar, a lady DSP suggested that synthetic track, swimming pool etc. should be arranged in Police Training College.  Regarding the challenges before the police in the coming times, the trainee officers said that cyber crime and limited work force in the police is a big challenge. Regarding the change in policing, the trainee officers said that there has not been much change in the police laws, but the working style of the police is changing especially in the context of Uttarakhand Police.  Due to social media, every activity of the police is being monitored. There is a complaint cell for everything.  The police have to understand the sentiments of the people and become a people friendly police. 

The governor told the newly appointed police officers that the fear of police uniform should be instilled among the criminals only while a sense of security should be created among the common people by seeing the police. “The police service you joined is challenging. You have to help the poor instead of the influential. Stick to your professionalism. Young police officers like you are the strength of the nation. Today there is a need for proactive and intellectual policing. To prevent crime from happening, it is necessary to educate and make people aware. Police officers should challenge themselves and try to do excellent work,” he said.