HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Nov 28: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that Assam Police is emerging as a preferred training organisation in the country, with security professionals from various states undergoing training here.
“Assam Police is growing as a preferred training organisation in the country with many State law enforcement agencies actively undergoing courses in Assam. In yet another affirmation for @assampolice ‘s training capabilities, 46 State Forest Service officers from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are undergoing arms handling training in the State,” Sarma wrote on micro-blogging site X.
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Sarma further said the state will scale up our capabilities further in the coming days.
According to him, at least 2,700 security officers from different states have received training at the Assamese police academy.
“In a first, Dergaon’s Lachit Barphukan Police Academy is training 2700 police personnel from other states, the most recent one being from Goa Police. As I have often said, we want to build an Assam that will be in a position to provide leadership in governance to other States. From Policing to Women Centric DBT, we are trying to set a path which can be used by others in our collective endeavour to build a Viksit Bharat,” he added.
Sarma also asserted that during the past three years, the number of cases pending has decreased at least fourfold and that the state police force has been reinforced.
He claimed that the number of ongoing cases in Assam has significantly decreased, from 95,994 in 2021 to 18,286 in 2024.
The burden of cases for each investigating officer has also lowered. In 2021, there were 52 cases per investigating officer in the police department which has come down to just 7.39 cases in June 2024.
The chief minister had praised the drastic reduction in average cases handled by every officer.
“Due to our modernisation efforts, the average number of cases an Investigating Officer of @assampolice looks after has significantly come down, reducing their burden and improving quality of investigation”, Sarma had said.
“This has resulted in a drastic reduction in case pendency, benefiting a large section of society,” he claimed.
