Siva G, TNN | Dec 24, 2014, 03.04AM IST
VIZIANAGARAM: Going by the assurances given by the central government during the bifurcation of the state, residuary Andhra Pradesh may soon get a police training centre as well a marine police academy similar to the existing Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA) (its name has not been changed yet post bifurcation) in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana.
The department has already identified over 250 acres each in Guntur, Tirupati and Vizag for setting up the centre, the proposal for which is in the AP Reorganisation Act, AP director general of police (DGP) Jasti Venkata Ramudu said on Tuesday. "Our officers have already identified sufficient land in these three cities and, soon we will choose from one of these three," he said.
According to sources, though there was a proposal earlier to convert the Vizianagaram Police Training Centre (PTC) into the new Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA), police higher-ups are now reportedly keen on setting it up in one of the three cities identified.
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According to sources, the APPA was established on a 175-acre parcel of land in Himayatsagar, 25 km from Hyderabad, in 1986. The academy serves as a nodal institution for training new police recruits and senior officers up to the rank of additional SP along with officials of other law enforcement agencies, including forensic scientists and public prosecutors.
About the marine academy, the DGP said the Union government has agreed to set up one to facilitate advanced training for marine police personnel manning the east coast, comprising states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. This is part of the Centre's plans to set up one marine academy each on the east and west coasts.
A five-member team, headed by the then principle secretary (home) TP Das, identified around 300 acres near Gollagudem in Machilipatnam mandal in Krishna district last year. As per the Union government's requirement, the state government has to provide more than 250 acres for the academy.
Sources said that the possibility of the training centre coming to Visakhapatnam is bright as it has many security forces like RAF and Greyhounds and will be better able to cater to their needs.
Ramudu added that Vizag is also viable for housing AP's Greyhounds base as the existing operations base there has a huge chunk of land available. The government could develop the place as a training base by constructing other structures along with the existing ones
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