PANAJI
Director General of Police Jaspal Singh is among 37 officers and personnel to undergo nine months of post-graduate diploma program in cyber laws, Cyber Crime Investigation, and Digital Forensics.
Singh has enrolled in the course to motivate the police hierarchy to learn and prepare to effectively tackle these evolving challenges.
“In all, around 1600 candidates from across the country are participating in the course from various departments including police, prosecutors, civil servants, officers from customs, and paramilitary forces. Notably, over 50 Judges have also enrolled for the course,” reads a statement issued by Goa Police.
With enthusiastic participation in the course, Goa police are optimistic that the program will create a well-trained workforce to tackle challenges emerging in cyberspace as a result of contemporary developments like AI, ML, Cryptocurrency, and all-pervasive use of computer resources.
The 37 officials comprise DGP, Inspector General of Police, Deputy IGP, five Superintendents of Police, one Deputy SPs, six Police Inspectors, four Police Sub Inspectors, six Head Constables, and 12 Police Constables.
An officer told The Goan that the programme will strengthen their ongoing training sessions to clamp down on cyber-related offenses. The department has held more than 75 sessions on cyber security this year.
The diploma program is organized by the National e-governance Division Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in collaboration with a consortium of institutions including the National Judicial Academy, National Law Institute University, Bhopal, National Law University, Delhi, and others.
