Stressing skills: Police training directorate to be formed

Number of training schools will also be increased.

PESHAWAR: In a bid to ensure proficiency in police training, the Police Policy Board has decided to establish a directorate of training that will oversee the quality of various training courses of the police force. The decision was taken during a meeting of the board chaired by IGP Nasir Khan Durrani. The directorate will also be tasked with updating the syllabus of police training schools and developing a new curriculum that will include modern investigation techniques, especially with regard to terrorism cases. It was also decided that the number of training schools will be increased.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 24^th, 2014.