NEW DELHI, Sept.22. The Delhi Police today moved a step closer to becoming a force capable enough
to deal with the challenges of the next millennium with the inauguration by the Police
Commissioner of a state-of-the – art fire-arms training simulator and a multimedia system for
teaching 16 classes at a time at its Police Training College in Jharoda Kalan here.
The Joint Commissioner (Training) Dr. Kiran Bedi, said the introduction
of the two facilities was in line with the plans of the force to provide the latest physical and
scientific skills to its personnel.
’The Delhi Police training stands revolutionized with the
incorporation of latest technology,’ she said, adding that the interactive multimedia
projector has replaced the earlier teaching where an expert had to reach a large assembly of
students through the microphone, and the simulators has done away with the use of cartridges while
providing instant results.
Dr. Bedi said the multimedia system, which had been procured at a cost
of Rs 1 crore – within three months of the direct approval of the Ministry of Home affairs
– had made teaching easy. ’Now a teacher can stand in one class and teach 16 classes
simultaneously with the help of projectors installed in them.’
Besides the image of the teacher, she said, the students in all the
classes could also see the relevant papers on fire-arms with the help of a Visualiser. Similarly,
the system, which remains connected to a computer can also transmit the image on the computer
screen to all the classes.
And moreover the system enabled the replay of all the lectures, since
there was a facility to record them. Thus, Dr. Bedi said, the system – which would be used in
three shifts – would benefit the 1,200 students in the college.
Dr. Bedi also informed the Police Commissioner, Mr. Ajai Raj Sharma, and the media
that all the 800 Constables and 232 Sub-Inspectors who will be passing out this year, are
undergoing an extensive course in computers and meditation. ’They have been made
computer-literate with the installation of a most modern computer laboratory,’ she said,
adding that 1800 police officers and men had also been given special training in meditation at
Vipassana Meditation Centre.
The firing simulator, Dr Bedi said, has enabled training in modern weapons firing within the
college premises. She said the system had been installed at a cost of Rs. 1 Crore of which Rs 51
lakhs was paid to a British firm, FATS, for the software and hardware. |
A representative of the firm, Colonel G.P.Yadav, said the system
installed at the Police Training College was the latest. He said the company has already installed
systems for Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Special Protection Group in Delhi, Central Bureau of
Investigation in Ghaziabad, Punjab police in Phillore, Bihar Military Police in Hazaribagh and
Maharashtra police in Mumbai; and would soon install one for the Jammu and Kashmir police in
Udhampur.
Elaborating on its working Colonel Yadav said it could be operated by anyone and could
provide training on a weapon within two or three days. Colonel Yadav said earlier the Delhi Police
personnel had to go all the way to Narnaul in Haryana for training and normally ended up missing
on it due to their pre-occupation elsewhere. Now, he said, the police personnel would be
able to train at any time of the day on the system.
As of now, the system has been made compatible for training on 38mm
revolver, 9 mm pistol, AK-47 and 9 mm carbine. But, Colonel Yadav said, it could be used for
training on other weapons as well since that required only modification in the software. Likewise,
the firing distance could be altered easily. Moreover, the system could be used for practice on
static targets, snap shots (in which targets emerge and disappear in quick successions) and even
real life situation for which there are four programmes comprising between 36 and 40 scenarios
each.
Colonel Yadav said the ultra –violet ray sensitive system could
also be upgraded for knowing the result of fire from the ‘opposite’ side as that would
provide a more realistic result in a real-life situation. Finally, the system can also help the
police in rectifying the faults in their weapons and ‘zeroing’ them – especially
before going out for operations. |
