POLICE
TRAINING NETWORK (POTNET) INAUGURATED
The Union Home Secretary inaugurated
the Police Training Network (POTNET) designed and developed by
the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in New Delhi
today. The Network first of its kind in the police set up of the
country will be linking all the Police training Colleges/Police
Academies of the States/CPOs with each other. Under the e-Governance
scheme this will be an important Network that will link all Police
Training Colleges/Academies of States and CPOs to establish a
‘Police Training Network’.
The POTNET which has been developed by the Computer
section of the Hyderabad based Academy has eight features. It
has a common police training website where details of all Police
Training Colleges/Academies can be found, it has facilities for
uploading/downloading the training material and data, group and
individual e-mail facilities supported by the Academy’s messenger
server and this Network also enables presentation broadcasting
as well as online chat service amongst the Police Training Institutions
of the Country. There is a built in search feature for searching
various data from the database of this network. This network also
has a Discussion Group where lively discussions can be had on
the electronic bulletin boards on any topic of professional interest.
Finally, this network also provides access to the library database
of SVP NPA, Hyderabad.
Speaking on the occasion the Home Secretary,
Shri Kamal Pande said what is important is its better utilization
in the day-to-day work of the Police set up of the country. He
also emphasized on the feedback and updating of information in
the POTNET.
