Police Training School, Umran awarded Union Home Minister’s trophy

SHILLONG: The Union home ministry has awarded the Union Home Minister's Trophy for best non-gazetted training institute in the Northeast zone to Police Training School, Umran in Meghalaya.

A total of 18 institutes from across the country have been conferred awards in different categories which also include grant-in-aid as sanctioned by the Centre and a home minister's disc for those institutes winning at the national level.

The institution in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya runs several in-service training courses from the level of constable to additional superintendent of police. The in-service training courses range from refresher courses, induction courses, computer appreciation/CCTNS PTS (DTC), community policing, gender sensitisation human rights and other specialised courses. A course on accounts, audit and procedure is also conducted for the benefit of ministerial staff.

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The school was renamed as Meghalaya Police Academy in February last year and can accommodate 40 trainees at a time.