Women Probationary ASPs for Police Dept

By Jayampathy JAYASINGHE

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Three women Probationary Assistant Superintendents of Police have been recruited along with 15 male officers after a competitive examination conducted by the Department of Examinations in November 2007.

This was the first time in the history of the Police Department where women graduate Probationary Assistant Superintendents (P/ASPs) have been directly recruited to the Police Department, Secretary to the National Police Commission (NPC) L.C. Logeswaran said. Although women were recruited in the past to other ranks such as Police Constables and Sub-Inspectors, no women gazetted officer was recruited directly to the Probationary Assistant Superintendent rank.

There have been instances where women from lower ranks have been promoted as ASPs and SSPs in the past. However, with the expansion of the police, the need arose to recruit women P/ASPs to man specialised branches such as the Women and Child Protection Bureau.

The new women P/ASPs will perform multi functional duties hitherto performed by their male counterparts. The competitive examination for the direct recruitment of ASPs was held after a lapse of seven years.

For the first time an endurance test was conducted by the Police Department to judge the suitability of the candidates.

The three women P/ASPs are Ms. H.W.I.S. Muthumala, P.G.J.M. Ariyasena, and H.M.L.R. Amarasena. The men P/ASPs are P.A.B.N. Pallearachchi, M.L.D. Jayadeva, C.M.N.T. Kumara, A.B. Hakmana, S.S.K. Siriwardena, N.J.P. Silva, B.D.T.P.A. Weerasinghe, G.G. Sugath Kumara, P.M.K.D. Paliskara, H.N. Asanka, A.G.U.C. Herath, K.G.l. Geethal and M.P.A. Perera