Nearly 600 Tamil proficient policemen for North 
<P>[September 24 2010]


<P>The Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya said that 593 police
personnel who have been trained in Tamil language would be posted in police
stations in the North and East and in the Upcountry.

<P>He said that the police personnel trained in Tamil could be able to write,
speak and take down complaints in Tamil.

<P>The IGP also added the police department has worked out a plan to teach
Tamil for 1200 police personnel every year to reach a target of six
thousand police personnel who could function in Tamil in the next five years.
According to the IGP the police personnel with the fluency in Tamil will be
posted initially to the stations in the areas where the IDPS are being
resettled.