LUCKNOW, June 20 -- Laying emphasis on quality training of new constable recruits, Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to completely reform the police force. These recruits would be in service for the next 30-40 years, and training would be a game-changer as 25 trained police constables would be deployed at every police station of the state.

The new recruits would play a crucial role in maintaining law and order in society, the DGP said in a meeting with heads of all 10 police training institutions and in-charges of 102 permanent and temporary training centres set up across the state to provide skilled training to 60,244 new police constable recruits, according to a...