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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Aug 9: Over 400 youths from Dakshina Kannada showed positive response to police commissioner N Shashi Kumar's call to join the police force. The police commissioner had urged youth aspiring to join the police force to take part in a month-long crash course two days ago.
More than 400 aspirants gathered at the police ground on Monday August 9 for registration.
It is a month-long crash course where interested aspirants will be trained by a team of police sub-inspectors who were recruited recently.
The police commissioner in his video had stated that very less number of aspirants from Dakshina Kannada join police force. He took the initiative to conduct the crash course so that more number of aspirants from the district come forward to join the police force. The first preference for candidates for training will be given to Dakshina Kannada, followed by Udupi, Chikkamagaluru and Uttara Kannada.
Those who willing to be part of the training programme should produce address, along with proof of physical test passed for PSI or constable post in any unit and also produce RT-PCR negative report.
Arrangements have been made for male and female aspirants. In the first batch, 100 aspirants will be trained. All the facilities will be provided for them. Study materials should be purchased by aspirants.
The registration desk had been set up for the aspirants to register themselves for the month-long training for which more than 400 aspirants registered themselves. St Aloysius College has arranged classrooms, staying facility and library for the aspirants.
The total number of aspirants are 604 out of which 566 are from Dakshina Kannada. Among them, 218 have registered for sub-inspector training while 386 for inspector. As many as 481 male and 123 female aspirants have registered themselves out of which 372 are graduates.