The biggest batch of sub inspectors (Sis) ever since direct recruitment of SIs started in 1962 will pass out from the Kerala Police Academy (KPA) at Thrissur on Saturday after a year-long rigorous training.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala will be present at the passing-out ceremony of 259 SIs. This will be the 27th batch of SIs and third out of KPA. Two of the batch members are residents of Puducherry.
This is the first batch to undergo training under a fresh syllabus, sources told The Hindu . During the year-long training, the SI trainees underwent commando training lasting 25 days at the Tamil Nadu Police Academy. Training was imparted among others by members of the elite squad involved in the hunt for the slain forest brigand Veerappan.
The batch members then underwent training in coastal security training at all eight coastal police stations in the State in addition to the Navy’s special training programme in Kochi. The Navy also imparted a seven day-long special training programme in self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
Apart from that the trainees were given daily training in unarmed combat forms, including karate, kalaripayattu, kung-fu, and boxing. Earlier, this was mostly restricted to karate.
Apart from physical training, the fresh syllabus had introduced new theoretical subjects, including management techniques and human behaviour.
The newly passed out SI will be deployed for four months of training at various police stations across the State.
