The Delhi Police’s ‘Passing out Parade’ of 44th batch of Probationer Sub Inspectors (PSI), fifth batch of Head Constables (HC), Assistant Wireless operators (AWO) and 113th batch of recruit constables was held at Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan New Delhi on Thursday.
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal, took the salute of the marching contingents, with Amulya Patnaik, Commissioner of Police beside him and other senior officials.
These batches will augment the trained manpower of Delhi Police by 176 Sub inspectors, including 77 women, 37 HC (AWO), and 2,803 Constables, including 973 women.
“They are from different States cutting across India with 62 PSIs from Haryana, 39 from Delhi, 28 from Rajasthan, 23 from Uttar Pradesh, six from Bihar, four each from Uttarakhand and Manipur, two each from Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra and one each from Jharkhand, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Dadar and Nagar Haveli,” said K Jagdishan, Joint CP, Training wing of Delhi Police.
“In Head Constables, 15 are from Haryana, 10 from Delhi, nine from Uttar Pradesh, two from Bihar and one HC is from Chandigarh. Whereas 928 constables are from Uttar Pradesh, 822 from Rajasthan, 633 from Haryana, 317 from Delhi, 36 from Assam, 22 from Bihar, 16 from Uttarakhand, 12 from Madhya Pradesh, 5 from Chandigarh, 5 from Punjab, 2 from Himachal Pradesh and one each is from Orrisa, West Bengal, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh,” said Joint CP.
The Commissioner of Police, Delhi welcomed the chief guest and congratulated the trainees on completion of their training. He reiterated that the role of a SI, HC and Constable in police force is very important as they are in highest proportion in the department and in direct connect with public.
Patnaik said that the Delhi Police have to focus on the problems related to law and order situation, handling of demonstration and traffic management. Baijal congratulated all the trainees and hoped that joining such a large number of police force would play an important role in facing all these challenges.
LG advised new recruits to work in accordance with the lawful working system so that the prevention and investigation of crime is efficiently done. Baijal emphasised the need for prevention of crime to strengthen the sense of security in society.