Good News for Bangalore
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:16 pm
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Aiming high to arm themselves
By R Venkatesh,DH News Service,Bangalore:
The Civilian Rifle Training Course (CRTC) is aiming high. Nearly 72 civilians including six women are sweating it out at the ongoing maiden Civilian Rifle Training Course at the City Armed Reserve (North) grounds.
The Police department has made it mandatory for civilians to undergo training before obtaining a revolver license for self defence. This has resulted in a keen interest from the public and the local police stations find it difficult to handle the mad rush.
However, those who are already in possession of a license and revolver will not be harassed to under go training at the time of renewal.
Before sunrise, aspirants from different occupations, irrespective of age, all dressed in white attire assemble for the morning parade. After a brief morning workout, they get the feel of the police training and then to the nuances of arms and ammunition, both theory and practical.
Muralidhar, a lecturer at a private college in Bangalore was eager to share his enthusiasm with Deccan Herald, “Hold, Aim, Trigger. We are having a rollicking time. It is not a joke to attend this camp. Our respect for the Police department has grown by leaps and bounds.”
Hamsaveni, who runs a Security and Facility Management echoed the sentiment: “With thousands of people working in my firm and in a profession where we get lots of threats, I'm bound to carry a revolver for my self defence. It's a wise move to have a short training session before we pick up a revolver and license. Now we have hands-on knowledge about the arms and ammunition and can carry a weapon confidently.”
Shankar M Bidari, Bangalore City Police Commissioner told this paper: “Proper use of the revolver will prevent many unwanted happenings. Those who are already in possession of the revolvers need not undergo training at the time of renewal of the license as we presume that they will be well versed in using the revolver. But fresh applicants should undergo training before getting the revolver.”
Though realtors and land developers outnumbered the aspiring lot, police officials working in non-executive departments, politicians, lecturers and senior citizens are also showing keen interest in handling the weapons and are bang on target.
Aiming high to arm themselves
By R Venkatesh,DH News Service,Bangalore:
The Civilian Rifle Training Course (CRTC) is aiming high. Nearly 72 civilians including six women are sweating it out at the ongoing maiden Civilian Rifle Training Course at the City Armed Reserve (North) grounds.
The Police department has made it mandatory for civilians to undergo training before obtaining a revolver license for self defence. This has resulted in a keen interest from the public and the local police stations find it difficult to handle the mad rush.
However, those who are already in possession of a license and revolver will not be harassed to under go training at the time of renewal.
Before sunrise, aspirants from different occupations, irrespective of age, all dressed in white attire assemble for the morning parade. After a brief morning workout, they get the feel of the police training and then to the nuances of arms and ammunition, both theory and practical.
Muralidhar, a lecturer at a private college in Bangalore was eager to share his enthusiasm with Deccan Herald, “Hold, Aim, Trigger. We are having a rollicking time. It is not a joke to attend this camp. Our respect for the Police department has grown by leaps and bounds.”
Hamsaveni, who runs a Security and Facility Management echoed the sentiment: “With thousands of people working in my firm and in a profession where we get lots of threats, I'm bound to carry a revolver for my self defence. It's a wise move to have a short training session before we pick up a revolver and license. Now we have hands-on knowledge about the arms and ammunition and can carry a weapon confidently.”
Shankar M Bidari, Bangalore City Police Commissioner told this paper: “Proper use of the revolver will prevent many unwanted happenings. Those who are already in possession of the revolvers need not undergo training at the time of renewal of the license as we presume that they will be well versed in using the revolver. But fresh applicants should undergo training before getting the revolver.”
Though realtors and land developers outnumbered the aspiring lot, police officials working in non-executive departments, politicians, lecturers and senior citizens are also showing keen interest in handling the weapons and are bang on target.
