Section 67: Training

(1) The State Government shall evolve a Training Policy for the police, in accordance with the provisions of Section 52 of Chapter V, keeping in view the current and anticipated requirements of policing. The Policy will, as far as possible, take into account any guidelines in respect of police training as may be issued by the Union Government from time to time. The training policy shall aim at achieving the objectives of imparting knowledge in police subjects, developing of professional skills, inculcating the right attitudes, and promoting constitutional and ethical values among police personnel. (2) This Training Policy shall ensure that police personnel are adequately trained to efficiently perform their job. Successful participation in appropriate training programmes shall be linked, as far as possible, to the promotion of police personnel of different ranks, and to their postings to different assignments, in a structured manner, as notified by the State Government from time to time. (3) In evolving the training policy, optimum advantage shall be taken of the methodologies of distance learning, outsourcing and onthe-job training. (4) The State Government shall create and upgrade, from time to time, the infrastructure and capabilities of their training institutions in consonance with the holistic training needs of police personnel of different ranks, which shall include, besides all types of specialized training, refresher training courses of appropriate duration. For this purpose, the State Government shall also create a suitable training centre with the requisite infrastructure in each Police District or Armed Police Battalion, as the case may be. (5) The State Government shall ensure that full advantage is taken of the training facilities available in central and regional police training institutions, to adequately train police personnel of the State in specialized professional subjects, and to train the trainers of the State police training institutions. (6) In upgrading their training infrastructure as well as the content and methodologies of their training courses, the training institutions shall take maximum advantage of the standards and practices evolved or guidelines issued by organizations such as the Bureau of Police Research & Development of Government of India, and the National Police Academy. (7) For an objective periodical evaluation of the Training Policy of the State and its implementation, the State police may utilise the available assistance of organizations such as the Bureau of Police Research and Development of Government of India.