In a significant development and much to the relief of serving Nagaland Police Service (NPS) officers, the State cabinet headed by chief minister during its meeting on December 18 approved the proposal to carry out the cadre review of NPS officers.
Accordingly the state government on December 21 issued notifications for upgradation of four posts and creation of 10 posts for NPS officers with immediate effect.
It may be noted that the review of Nagaland Police Service (NPS) has not be carried out since its inception and this move has created an opportunity for NPS officers, whose promotions have been stagnant, to climb the ladder.
As per the notifications, issued by special secretary (Home), S.R. Saravanan, the state government has decided to upgrade four posts– Addl. DCP (Crime) to that of DCP (Crime) Dimapur, Asst. Comdt 10 NAP (IR) to that of Dy. Comdt Quarter Master NAPTC, Asst. Comdt 11th NAP (IR) to that of Addl DCP (Protocol/Traffic) Dimapur and Dy. SP (Security) to that of Addl. SP (Security) IGP (INT) establishment.
Further, the 10 posts that have been created as a result of the cadre review, include– Asst. IGP (Training) PHQ, Asst. IGP (Co-ordination) PHQ, Comdt (Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism School– CIATS), SP (Cyber Security), SP (Modernization), SP (Economic Offence), Dy.CP (HQ) Police Commissionerate Dimapur, Addl. SP (Protocol/Traffic), Dy. Comdt (CIATS) and Dy. SP PHQ Kohima.