Mysuru: Over 333 Probationary Police Officers from the Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in Mysuru have obtained practical training in Kodagu on handling a natural calamity. They were sent to Kodagu to see and participate in relief and rescue operations and also understand the role of Police in the wake of such disasters. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Southern Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) K.V. Sharath Chandra said that he, along with KPA Director and IGP Vipul Kumar, had thought of sending the Policemen for “Ground Zero” training and accordingly, teams were formed out of 300 Probationary Inspectors and 33 Dy.SPs. “We thought that flood-hit Kodagu would be the best place to understand and experience aftermath of a natural calamity and this will expose them to hazardous nature of their profession,” he said. The probationary officers were taken to landslide-hit Makkandur, Hebbatageri, Monnangeri and surrounding areas and were also allowed to mingle with the other military and para-military rescue teams who are carrying out relief operations.
