Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday said the State Government had sanctioned 1,073 posts of constables and the recruitment process was underway besides the recruitment of sub inspectors had been completed and would be given training at Daroh Police training college soon
Presiding over the passing out parade of 16th batch of police recruits at Daroh in District Kangra, he said the batch which passed out of training would augment the trained manpower of state police.
The Chief Minister acknowledged the working challenges of the Himachal Pradesh Police and hoped that training will help them to be a true professional police personnel and encouraged them to come forward and accept the challenges of policing and meet the responsibilities.
Earlier, Singh took salute from an impressive march past presented by the participants including both men and women police contingents from Southern range, Northern Range, Central Unit and Reserve battalions.
During the nine months long and hard training they acquired the skill in law, Police science, criminology, Computer application, cyber crime and human rights with emphasis on professionalism, discipline and good behaviour, said DGP Somesh Goyal.