Professional experience sharing between Britain and India’s police officers
NEW DELHI: Britain’s secret service agencies Sleuths MI5 and MI6 will be sharing their professional experience and expertise with over 100 senior Indian Police Service officers for two weeks from January 3.
To attend a two-week training programme, the IPS officers of the ranks of deputy inspector general and inspector general will be staying at Cambridge University, which forms part of their 6-week refresher course at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
An official statement from O P Jindal Global University, which conducted the police refresher course at NPA in collaboration with Cambridge University said, “During their time in England, the IPS officers will receive confidential briefings from and meetings with the security services (MI5 which is charged with internal security and MI6 which works overseas).”
“The officers will also meet Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Chief Officers of New Scotland Yard and the West Midlands Police during their stay,” said the statement, adding “they will also visit police communications and command centres, prisons and courts around England.”
Speaking at the conclusion of course at NPA, Hyderabad, Vice-Chancellor of O P Jindal Global University, C Raj Kumar said, “I welcome the interest of the IPS officers in the growing field of evidence-based policing, which is a central focus of our new Centre for Penology, Criminal Justice and Police Studies”.
Commending the officers for successfully completing the programme, Police Executive Director of the Cambridge University Professor Lawrence Sherman said, “The IPS officers showed an impressive interest in advancing the science of policing by conducting pioneering new experiments in crime prevention on the rigorous model of medical clinical trials.”
Six weeks training followed by weekly examinations and assessments, where everyone has to prepare a “Strategic Leadership Case” presentation for an all-course competition.
(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)
