Imphal: Twenty-one officer trainees of the 78th Regular Recruit (RR) batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS) interacted with the Director General of Police (DGP) Mukesh Singh, a 1996-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, and senior state police officials at the Police Headquarters in Imphal on November 6.
The interaction was organised as part of the trainees’ ongoing basic training and their institutional attachment with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Manipur from November 2 to 6.
The meeting, held at the PHQ Conference Hall, provided the trainees an opportunity to understand the state’s policing environment and the operational challenges faced by law enforcement agencies.
Discussions Focus on Law and Order, Intelligence and Coordination
During the interaction, the trainees and senior police officers discussed several aspects of policing and internal security in Manipur.
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The key areas covered included:
- Law and order: The prevailing security and law and order situation in Manipur.
- Local security challenges: Issues confronting police personnel and security agencies while maintaining public order.
- Intelligence gathering: The role of intelligence collection in identifying and responding to security threats.
- Inter-agency coordination: The need for cooperation among different security agencies and stakeholders operating in the region.
The interaction was intended to familiarise the officer trainees with the practical dimensions of policing in a state with distinct security and law and order challenges.
Part of the 78th RR Batch’s Basic Training
The institutional attachment in Manipur formed part of the broader training programme of the 78th RR batch.
The batch comprises 151 officer trainees, including 16 foreign officers from Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. The trainees completed their Phase-I basic training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Hyderabad, with their training programme also involving attachments with central police organisations and other institutions.
The five-day CRPF attachment in Manipur offered the 21 trainees an opportunity to gain exposure to the functioning of security forces and policing requirements in the state.
