56 Trained Officers March Out Of North Eastern Police Academy

Shillong, Dec 15 : As many as 56 police officers from Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh were commissioned into active policing after completing a year-long training in counter insurgency and counter terrorism operation at the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) here on Wednesday.

Calling upon the officers to be committed to their duties, Meghalaya deputy chief minister BM Lanong urged them to uphold the pledge of duty and sacrifice. "You are here not to take, but to give and serve the people. Police are the guardian of the law and peace makers," he said.

Apart from adequate outdoor training inputs in counter insurgency and counter terrorism, human rights and police-public relations, the young officers were also taken through a well researched training module approved by the Bureau of Police Research and Development of the Union government.

Deputy SP Thungrhoni Kikon of Nagaland was awarded the Meghalaya Governor's Sword of Honour for all round best probationer, the Meghalaya Chief Minister's Baton of Honour and the NEPA gold medal in indoor training.

Sub Inspector Th Sarda Devi of Manipur won the Meghalaya Governor's Sword of Honour award for all round best cadet.

Deputy SP Bomto Kamdak and Jummar Basar of Arunachal Pradesh also won the Arunachal Pradesh chief minister's Baton of Honour and NEPA gold medal respectively.

Established in 1978 to provide training to police personnel from the northeast, NEPA trains about 500 police officers annually.

In 2011 alone, 924 police officers from different parts of the country were trained in 41 in-service courses at the institute.