A delegation of Nottingham Trent University, UK headed by its Vice Chancellor Prof Edward Peck and Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Nigel Healey on Saturday interacted with Punjab Director General of Police Suresh Arora to explore possibilities of collaboration in training personnel of Punjab Police.
Additional Director General of Police, Human Resources Development and ADGP, Administration were also present in the meeting at Punjab Police Headquarters.
Various areas of collaboration, which were discussed, included running short duration courses of 4 to 8 weeks for lower and upper subordinate level police officers from Constable to Inspector with a foreign (UK) component of one to two weeks. lady police officials would be specially encouraged to participate in such courses in large number.
Another concept discussed was developing a pool of trainers, who will act like resource persons for further training a large number of police personnel.
Working out a tripartite agreement between Nottingham Trent University, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur for enriching the police Administration Courses run at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur would also be considered.
Besides, developing quality training materials for police officials, encouraging and facilitating State police officials- specially up to the rank of Deputy SP - to take up higher study on police related topics at universally recognised universities worldwide were also taken up.
Special emphasis during the discussion was on how to give exposure to police officers up to the rank of Deputy SP on best police practices at International level. This would not only enable the police officers in discharging their duties more effectively & professionally but will also act like a great motivator to them.
The plan was discussed by Arora with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who showed interest in this initiative of Punjab Police and approved the scheme in principle. He also assured that there would be no financial hurdle in the way of implementing such initiatives.