Free coaching for police job aspirants begins

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, June 27

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

Following the directions of DGP Dinkar Gupta, all Police Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police organised a special run and imparted training in long jump and high jump at the Police Lines and at coaching centres in their respective districts on Sunday.

Thousands of candidates, including men and women, signed up for the free coaching and joined the special run on Day 1.

The development came a few days after Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced that application forms for the recruitment of 4,362 constables, including 2,016 in district cadre and 2,346 in armed cadre, of the Punjab Police will go live in mid-July 2021 and OMR-based MCQ written test will be held on September25-26.