Rajnath stresses on specialisation in policing

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has called for specialisation in policing to provide world class services to the people. Addressing the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers of 2017 batch here on October 9, 2018, he said that law enforcement agencies should stress on the need to give special training to police officers as per their area of interest to enhance their professional skills and capabilities.

Exhorting the young police officers to adapt themselves to the rapid changes in technology and the threats posed by cyber crimes, Rajnath said there are several challenges facing the country. Emerging law and order challenges such as hi-tech crimes, terrorism, LWE are of diverse nature, which call for quick and decisive response and require expertise.

Speaking about the grassroots policing, Rajnath said that constant communication and interaction with general public with a human touch is the basic need for performing government duties specially the policing. He said that constant flow of information between public and government officials is the key to understand and solve the problems of public.

Later, interacting with the IPS Probationers, Home Minister suggested ways to bust stress while doing duty. He said practicing yoga is the best way to reduce stress. He also said that good health is good for out-of-the-box thinking as new ideas from young officers are of great help for good policing, according to a PIB release.