Mumbai to have new intelligence training facility
Mumbai will soon be able to boast of a full fledged, dedicated school to train intelligence personnel in view of the large number of officers being recruited in Maharashtra SID.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: Mumbai will soon be able to boast of a full fledged, dedicated school to train intelligence personnel in view of the large number of officers being recruited in Maharashtra State Intelligence Department (SID).
"Intelligence personnel have to be trained separately and cannot undergo training at facilities like the Maharashtra Police Academy. This is Maharashtra police and we need to be self-contained," newly appointed DGP A N Roy said here.
Roy said the process of recruitment of dedicated intelligence cadre is on in full swing currently and they will be trained at the new facility.
In the aftermath of the July 11, 2006 serial train bombings, the home ministry had announced that 50 per cent of the cadre in SID will be recruited exclusively who will "retire as intelligence officers" as collection and analysis of information requires specialization.
"We already have a nucleus for it ready in the form of the Special Branch training school in Mumbai. We will provide full capabilities, faculties and resources to it."
The MPA will chip-in with modules at the school and help will also be sought from various agencies like the Intelligence Bureau, Roy said, maintaining that, "how long will our men continue to go to (IB's training school at) Shivpuri... we need to be self contained."
Meanwhile, Roy also said that fighting terror will be a thrust area and newer units of the Anti-Terrorism Squad will be set up in the state apart from strengthening existing ones at Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad.
"Mumbai and Maharashtra will continue to be attractive targets and terrorism is a matter of serious concern," he said.
"Intelligence personnel have to be trained separately and cannot undergo training at facilities like the Maharashtra Police Academy. This is Maharashtra police and we need to be self-contained," newly appointed DGP A N Roy said here.
Roy said the process of recruitment of dedicated intelligence cadre is on in full swing currently and they will be trained at the new facility.
In the aftermath of the July 11, 2006 serial train bombings, the home ministry had announced that 50 per cent of the cadre in SID will be recruited exclusively who will "retire as intelligence officers" as collection and analysis of information requires specialization.
"We already have a nucleus for it ready in the form of the Special Branch training school in Mumbai. We will provide full capabilities, faculties and resources to it."
The MPA will chip-in with modules at the school and help will also be sought from various agencies like the Intelligence Bureau, Roy said, maintaining that, "how long will our men continue to go to (IB's training school at) Shivpuri... we need to be self contained."
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Meanwhile, Roy also said that fighting terror will be a thrust area and newer units of the Anti-Terrorism Squad will be set up in the state apart from strengthening existing ones at Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad.
"Mumbai and Maharashtra will continue to be attractive targets and terrorism is a matter of serious concern," he said.
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