Delhi Police will have more than 83,000 personnel to carry out policing jobs in the capital from tomorrow when over 6,600 constables, including 460 women, will be inducted into the force, which is the largest induction at one go.
Of the 6,608 new entrants, 685 will undergo advanced commando training with CRPF in Neemech in Maharashtra and BSF in Tekhenpur in Madhya Pradesh. All the constables being inducted have undergone preliminary commando training.
With this, a senior police personnel said, the total number of personnel in the force will rise to 83,762. “The fresh inductions will ease pressure on police. They will be used for policing on the ground level.
“They will be straight on local policing. It will augment the strength on the ground. Now we will have more police on the ground,” the official said.
This is the largest induction in the force. Last year on August 31, Delhi Police had inducted 5,697 new constables, including 351 women, inducted into the force.
The official said 25 women constables are among the 685 personnel selected for advanced commando training. The women constables will head to the CRPF training centre in Neemech while the men contingent will go to Tekhenpur.
The personnel were given training in crime investigation, forensic analysis, cyber crime and economic offences besides in law and other subjects, the official said.
For the first time, the official said, the women constables were given specialised training in unarmed combat, motorcycle-riding, adventure training and rescue operations.
Asked about the firing training, he said, the constables were given training in .303 rifles, .38 revolvers, 9 mm pistols, AK-47, SAF and SLR. Modern techniques for their training like use of Fire Arms Training Simulators were exhaustively used during their firing practise.
