KOCHI: The Kerala Police will send a civil police officer and an assistant sub inspector to the Interpol headquarters in France to rub shoulders with Cyber crime experts and hone their skills in Advanced Malware Analysis.
The two policemen will be selected based on their aptitude in cyber skills, which include software development, testing and malware detection.
Top police officers said a panel under state police chief Loknath Behera will finalise the candidates for the Interpol training which will be held in August 2018. The decision to send the policemen for advanced training was taken to open a world of opportunities for the policemen in the state force to learn and excel in fields of their choice,
Kerala Police IT wing SP J Jayanath said the state police are on the look-out for talented policemen who wish to evolve as IT and cyber crime experts. "We will be offering immense opportunities to those policemen who are willing to learn and be part of the cyber security force. There are a lot of qualified policemen in the force. We will continue with our effort to pick the right talent from the force. But we want the policemen to come forward so that we can identify their skill and channelise them," Jayanath said. "Right now, we are depending on third parties for investigation in various cyber crime cases. If we develop an in-party specialised unit, things will be more easy for the police force," he said.
Already, the Kerala Police are gradually moving into a totally IT-enabled system, right from complaint registration to file management. The department has anticipated a requirement of more IT savvy policemen to manage the system and operation protocols right from a police station to the police headquarters. With the Centre's flagship CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) already getting into the final phase of implementation, all the police personnel are now required to have a minimum awareness on computer applications.