CISF unleashes aviation warriors for airport safety

Chennai: The synchronised thump of boots and slap of hands that clutched the rifles, as candidates saluted, was a sight to behold. Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs) in a glorious sea of yellow turbans marched past the audience while saluting the chief guest, Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh.
The ASIs, most of them in their 20s, hail from across the country and have been trained by senior officers at the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) regional training centre near Arakkonam for 45 weeks now in combat skills.
On Saturday, they were formally declared ‘graduates’, but would continue to undergo six weeks training in commando warfare skills before being posted to airports as part of the security regimen.
According to CISF Director General Rajeev, the first batch of 726 executives, including around 120 women candidates, received multidimensional rigorous training in areas such as industrial security, intelligence and surveillance, aviation, VIP security, arms and jungle warfare, conduct of raids, ambush and counter-ambush, map reading and night navigation. A total of 2,000 candidates have been recruited for the special training. The next batch of around 500 will begin their training shortly.
21/07/12 R. Sujatha/The Hindu

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Categories: airports Jul 2012, Safety Jul 2012