Shillong, August 27: A total of 61police officers graduated from the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA). The Dikshant Parade of 48th Batch Basic Course trainees, was held at the Parade Ground of the Academy Campus at Umsaw Village, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya today.
The 48th Basic Course,which commenced their training on 14th of September 2020, comprise 16 Deputy Superintendents of Police from Arunachal Pradesh, 10 Deputy Superintendents of Police from Tripura, 5 Sub Inspectors from Manipur, 10 Sub Inspectors from Sikkim and 20 Sub Inspectors from Meghalaya Home Guards and Civil Defence. Of the 61 officers, who passed out, 12 were lady trainee officers.
These trainees underwent a very well researched and planned basic training. As per basic training module these trainees were trained in indoor subjects viz Police Science, Legal Studies and Social Science and in the outdoor, training was imparted on Drill, Weapons Training, Physical Efficiency, Police Operations and Tactics.
Besides, the trainees underwent training on Horse Riding, Swimming, First Aid and Motor Vehicle Driving. A short module on Jungle Camp was also organised where they carried out Cordon and Search Operations, Ambush and Counter Ambush, Raid, seizure etc. Besides, the trainees were given opportunities to have interaction with prominent guest faculty in policing and related matters.
Besides successful completion of Basic training, the trainees of 48th Basic Course also have successfully obtained Post Graduate Diploma in “Police Administration and Investigation” from Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur.
In a bid to build a well-rounded personality and promote camaraderie, team spirit and sportsmanship, the trainees were encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities through various clubs like Extempore and Debate club, Quiz Club, Sports Club, Social Service Club, Literary Club and IT Club.
During the training period, the trainees were encouraged to lead a rich, varied and vibrant campus life extending beyond the confines of lecture halls. North Eastern Police Academy is one of its kind in the Country, under Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India.
It is dedicated to impart training to the police personnel of the North Eastern States and also from across the country to safeguard the value of freedom – freedom from disorder, criminal acts and criminals.
The Director, NEPA, as the Head of the Department, provide guidance and supervision to more than two hundred dedicated trainers and staff. NEPA has done a remarkable service in bringing cohesiveness, professionalism, co-operation and uniformity among the State police forces of the N E Region.
Though the Academy was initially mandated to conduct one basic course and three in-service courses with the target of training 166 police trainee officers of N E States per year, over the period of time the Academy started conducting a large number of courses for officers of other States also which includes officers from Armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces, Judiciary, Prisons besides State Police Departments.
Today, the Academy is looked upon as a Premier Police Training Institution of the Country. The Academy has been given the responsibilities of training police officers of neighbouring Countries viz Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Besides basic courses, NEPA also imparts in-service training to officers from across India. Since its inception in 1978, NEPA has conducted 47 basic courses and 3771 trainees have passed out.
With this Passing out Parade, a total of 3832 Basic Course trainees (788 DySP and 3044 SI/ASI) have passed out of NEPA in the past 43 years of existence. At present two batches viz 49th batch with 46 and 50th batch with 581 trainee officers are undergoing basic training at NEPA.
As in previous years, many in-service courses were planned to be conducted this year. However, due to Covid 19 pandemic, 1 Pre-promotion Cadre Course with 104 trainees could only conducted so far. As the Academy is committed to train more and more police officers, 19 Webinars for 507 officers and 7 Online Courses for 301 officers were also organised during the current year.
The Academy has a beautiful, lush green, pollution-free and eco-friendly campus with 204 acres of land. The area is thickly covered with forest having indigenous variety of flora and fauna.
Such an environment is most suited for focused studies and outdoor training. In the pass out parade to police personel who have done well in various discipline in different filed.
