With recruitments of constables, head constables, and sub-inspectors round the corner, the Punjab Police has started providing free coaching and training sessions of physical screening test (PST) for the candidates aspiring to join the Police force.

Following the directions from the state Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta, all the Commissioners of Police or Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) have organized a special run and training in long jump and high jump in Police Lines and Training Centres in their respective districts on Sunday to kickstart the free coaching for various physical trial events.

Thousands of candidates, including male and female candidates, signed up for the free coaching and joined the Special Run on day one.

The development came few days after the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced that application forms for the recruitment of 4,362 constables, including 2016 in District Cadre and 2346 in Armed Cadre of Punjab Police, will go live in mid-July 2021 and OMR based MCQ written test will be held on September 25-26, 2021.

DGP Gupta said that with public spaces, public parks, stadia, and police lines grounds had already been thrown open for the practice or preparation, the police will also provide trained manpower, including coaches and required sports equipment including high jump stand or mattresses and long jump infrastructure for the practice of candidates.

He said that the coaching classes, which will be held under the supervision of drill instructors, will have two sessions including in morning and evening.

“The idea behind initiating these free coaching sessions is to give fair and equal opportunity to every prospective candidate to participate in the upcoming Police recruitments,” said DGP, adding that PST is an integral part of the recruitment process.

The DGP said that the free coaching classes will continue till the recruitment process is underway and any candidate interested in joining the free coaching could contact the concerned district Police. Nodal officers are being nominated for every district for this purpose.

Punjab Police has already initiated a recruitment process for direct appointment of 824 sub-inspectors, 787 head constables, and 7,788 constables in different cadres.

DGP Dinkar Gupta also exhorted the youth of Punjab to seize the opportunity and start preparations for the written and physical screening test in the right earnest. He assured the aspirants that the Police recruitments would be carried out in an absolutely fair and transparent manner.