Thirty two students of various colleges of Mangalore city are undergoing one week Civilian Rifle Training at DAR Parade Grounds in the District Police Hqrs from 28/01/2006. In this seven day training capsule, the students will be imparted both theoretical and practical training about proper usage of fire arm and also its maintenance. After completion of the training, they will be given an oppurtunity to fire from .22 rifle at the Moodshedde Police Firing Range. They will be given 30 rounds each in this firing practice.After the completion of the training course and firing, the candidates will be given a cartificate each.
Of the 32 students, 30 Students are from School of Social Work Roshini Nilaya Mangalore studying B.A. and B.SW course, one Student is from P.A.College of Engineering (IV BE) and one Student from Vivekananda Engineering College, Puttur (IV BE)
The Civilian Rifle Training Scheme of the Police department (CRT) promotes firearms safety training and rifle practice amongst citizens with special emphasis on youth. The CRT operates through a network of Civilian Rifle Clubs and Centers that exist in the districts. They offer firearms safety training and marksmanship courses as well as the opportunity for continued practice and competition.
The Civilian Rifle Training Scheme of the Police department (CRT) promotes firearms safety training and rifle practice amongst citizens with special emphasis on youth. The CRT operates through a network of Civilian Rifle Clubs and Centers that exist in the districts. They offer firearms safety training and marksmanship courses as well as the opportunity for continued practice and competition.
The CRT was started in the country after Chinese aggression in 1962 when the Govt. of India started taking interest. In every state a State Rifle Association was formed and in every district a District Rifle Association was formed with the Collector/Deputy Commissioner as its president. Rifle Clubs were also constituted at sub division level. The highest body was the National Rifle Association of India with headquarters at New Delhi. However, presently most of these Rifle Associations are defunct. Though the original purpose was to provide civilians an opportunity to learn and practice marksmanship skills so they would be skilled marksmen if later called on to serve in the military. Over the years the emphasis of the program shifted to focus on youth development through marksmanship and as an initiative in comunity policing.
In this (Dakshina Kannada) district also, the Civilian Training Center is not very active. However, the DK Police wishes to reactivate and rejuvenate the same so as to inculcate safe rifle practices amongst law abiding citizen, promote civil defence and also build healthy relationship with the public. The movement, if popularised, can also arrest the drift of youth towards crime and instead make them friends of police who can act as partners in crime fighting.
With these objectives, the DK Police wishes to organize more such training capsules in the future in cooperation with various voluntary organisations like Rotary, Lions...etc. Interested persons in this regard may contact SPDK.
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