Police Chief Stresses Quality Training for Enhanced Public Trust

Kathmandu. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Bahadur Karki has stated that quality training is indispensable for increasing public trust in the police service. Addressing the 70th anniversary ceremony of the National Police Training Academy on Thursday, IGP Karki emphasized that the selection of both trainees and trainers must be of high quality to impart quality training.

Karki stated, “Police personnel tarnished by disciplinary action do not possess the standing to stand before trainees in any role.” He added that officers who have faced disciplinary action cannot provide excellent training. He praised the role played by the Police Academy in producing skilled manpower as exemplary.

“The effort to adapt training in line with the times, considering changing security challenges, rapid technological advancements, and new forms of crime, is commendable,” he said, adding, “Today, crime has spread widely; it is not limited to just one geographical boundary.”

Mentioning that cybercrime, financial crimes, money laundering, human organ trafficking, border crimes, and transnational crimes have emerged as new challenges, he stated that manpower and training focused on investigating such crimes are now essential.

The police training center, which began in 2011 at Shreemahal in Lalitpur, was established as the Central Police Training Center in Maharajgunj. That training center celebrated its 70th anniversary today.

On the occasion of the anniversary of the National Police Training Academy, former Police Inspector Thag Prasad Chaudhary was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.