40 policemen being trained as 'Tourist Police'

In order to help the tourists visiting the State, 40 policemen are being trained as ‘Tourist Police’ at Pachmarhi by the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Gwalior. The training began on Thursday. The training is an initiative of MP State Tourism Development Corporation.

Among the 40 policemen, 20 hail from Hoshangabad district and the remaining 20 are from Mandla.  After the training, these policemen will serve at tourist police stations of Pachmarhi and Kanha National Park. In the training programme, policemen will be trained on the subjects of ‘Introduction to Tourism Industry’, ‘Guest Service and Communication Excellence’, ‘Solution of Tourist Complaints’, ‘Mannerism’, ‘Role of Police in Tourism Development’, ‘Body language and Tourist Hospitality and Help’. For these trained policemen, special police stations will be set up at tourist spots, where they will be present 24 hours to serve the tourists. 

MP State Tourism Development Corporation has made special badges for the tourist police. Policemen will wear these badges in order to be identified as tourist police by the tourists.  The first tourist police station of the state is ready at Pachmarhi, near the Bus Stand. After the training, the policemen will provide their services from July, 3.