State director general of police (DGP) BS Sidhu who inspected newly purchased water canon (riot control vehicle) demo in a programme held at Police line in Dehradun on Tuesday, said that expired bullets, rubber bullets, bullets of anti- wrist- gun, flare gun and tear gas gun which are available in large number at district police offices for over a decade, will be used for police training.
Sidhu said that he has directed the district police officers to ensure that all the expired bullets are used for police training by end of this month, adding that the police officers will submit a proposal seeking new bullets, rubber bullets and bullets of anti-wrist gun, flare gun, tear gas gun and others, to the police headquarters.
These bullets will be purchased under modernisation scheme after seeking permission from the State Government, he added.
During demonstration, equipments like anti- wrist gun, rubber bullet, flare gun, tear gas gun and VlP were displayed and senior police officers inspected them.
The police department has recently purchased water canon (riot control vehicle) worth Rs40 lakh recently under modernization scheme. The equipment has components like cabinets (for storing the tools pipes and accessories) like dye tank (250 litres), foam tank (80 to 100 litres), water tank (5500 litres) and latching solution tank (250 litres). Close Circuit TV (CCTV) camera has been installed in cabin/rear side.
Some expired bullets of anti-wrist gun, flare gun and tear gas gun were fired during the demonstration. Water canon can be used to disperse the protesters apart from extinguishing the fire.
The various activities of water canon were displayed on the occasion. The fire officers participated in the demonstration and they succeeded in hitting the target using water canon.
A target was fixed around 35 metres from the fire tender’s monitor and officials had hit the target successfully, police sources said. Others present on the occasion were IG (PHQ) GN Goswami, Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjiyal, SSP STF P Renuka Devi, SPP SDRF VK Krishan Kumar, SP Rural GC Dhyani, SP Traffic PK Rai, Chief Fire officer SK Sharma and fire officer Shiv Prasad Mamgai.