What Jamtara and Mewat cops taught IPS trainees on cyber crime

HYDERABAD: Local police from Jamtara and Mewat — hubs of cyber crime in India — were brought in to train the 76th batch of Regular Recruits (RR) of IPS trainees passing out of the SVP National Police Academy (SVPNPA) this month.
Given the significant rise in the number of cyber crime cases across the country, the academy laid special focus on training future IPS officers on this front.The police officials from Jamtara and Mewat coached the trainees about the challenges they faced in handling cyber crime cases.

Along with sharing this during Wednesday's press conference, SVPNPA director Amit Garg said the academy will see the highest number of women IPS trainees — when compared to the last five years — walk out of its campus this month. "Of the 188 IPS trainees who joined the academy, 54 are women — which is 28.7% of the total strength. The previous highest was two years ago, when the academy had 37 women trainees," said Garg.
Additionally, NPA also trained 19 foreign officers from Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Mauritius.
The passing out parade of these trainee officers will be held at SVPNPA on Sept 20. The event will be presided over by minister of state for home, Nityanand Rai, as chief guest.
Academy officials said that 51% of the trainees who underwent training had previous work experience. Similar to the last few years, the majority of them were engineers. "We found that 109 were engineers, 28 from arts, 22 from science, eight from commerce, and four from law," Garg added.
The IPS trainees underwent training in internal security challenges, threat from drones, cyber crime and cyber security, drug trafficking, cryptocurrency, cyber frauds and financial frauds, darknet, AI and social media, and implementation of new criminal laws.
"The 76RR batch joined the academy on November 13, 2023. They have since undergone 45 weeks of phase-I training and will proceed to Delhi for attachments/visits with Central Police Organisations, Central Armed Police Forces, and CRPF/Army, followed by District Practical Training for 29 weeks," said an academy official.
The trainees will return to the academy for the final nine-weeks of training, beginning May 26, 2025.