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The prestigious Queen's Award for 'Innovation in Police Training and Development 2002' was presented on Friday to the awardees at a small but well-attended function at the residence of the British deputy high commissioner, Michael Herridge, at Chennai.
Two police officers from Tamil Nadu, Inspector General of Police K Radhakrishnan (vigilance and anti-corruption) and Deputy Inspector General of Police Prateep Philip (CID intelligence), were two of the five police officers and the only non-British police officers to receive the £15,000 [approximately Rs.11.2 lakhs] Queen's award.
Radhakrishnan has also won the 'International Community Policing award 2002' instituted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Washington.
The Queen's award was launched last year, and the competition was designed to encourage innovation and good practice in the field of training and development.
It recognises achievement in harnessing new technology in delivering training and life long learning, Herridge said after presenting the cheques to both Radhakrishnan and Philip.
"The awards are more than just a recognition of two visionary projects. These awards are also about police cooperation in the widest sense. This is the key activity which the British high commission, the British Council and the Department for International Development (DFID) support through their various programmes," he said.
The cash prize is meant to help implement the winning training projects over a year. Progress in implementation has to be reported to the British Home Office at the halfway point and at the end of the year. The reports will then be used to evaluate the projects' success and whether any of the ideas are appropriate for adopting as good practice in other forces.
The topic for this year's competition was 'The Use Of New Technologies To Overcome Barriers To Delivering Lifelong Training And Lifelong Learning'. The competition was open to serving members of police, including the special constabulary and civilian support staff, and members of staff of police authorities within United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth.
The British government has for several years been supporting various projects in police training through the Government of India, Training of Trainers programmes and Command Courses.
The British deputy high commissioner also handed over books and other resource materials worth Rs 150,000 to the DGP, training, S Ganapathy.
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