500 youth in Jaffna to join police force

Five-hundred youth from the Jaffna peninsula will be recruited immedialety for the Police Department on the directive of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to Senior Superintendent of Police Jaffna, Roshan Fernando.

The Jaffna youth will be recruited for the ranks of Sub Inspectors and Constables. The interviews for selection will be held in the first week of October.

Recruitment to the police force is taking place from the North for the first time in three decades.

There is enthusiasm among the Jaffna youth to join the police force and hundreds of youth including degree holders are expected to pile up for the interview, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the 143rd anniversary of the Sri Lanka Police was celebrated in Jaffna on Friday. SSP Jaffna, Roshan Fernando inspected the guard of honour of the policemen.

The first police station in Jaffna was set up in 1896, with one officer and five constables.

At present there are sixteen police stations in the Jaffna peninsula.

With the new recuritment in Jaffna the Government has initiated measures to deal with the issues in Tamil at police stations in the North, SSP Fernando said.

AP