Srinagar, Jan 23:  The Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday wrapped up a five-day training programme to learn how to deal with protests with skill, tact and compassion.
 The training was conducted by an expert, Jim Tull, who has taught at Harvard University.
 and delivers training programs across the globe,  a police spokesman said. 
 He said the purpose of the training was to introduce soft skills such as negotiation and communication, listening skills, ethics and professional conduct based on a public service mindset. The training also covered ethics in policing and applying soft skills in the context of community-based policing.
 In his valedictory address the Inspector General of Police S M Sahai said, “Initiative taken by the police to train the soft skills of the officers at the cutting edge level of the police force will be a permanent feature.”
 He said policemen are the servants of the people and they have to serve the people with a smiling face. The IGP hoped that the training and the lessons taken will trickle down to the police station levels so that the communication skills of the policemen, who are in direct contact with general public, improve.
 About 50 officers from all the districts of Kashmir valley including SPs , SDPOs and SHOs attended the five day program. These officers have been trained as trainers. These trainers trained by the Jammu & Kashmir Police over the past five days will work as Field Training Units and will conduct similar training sessions in all districts of Kashmir Zone, the spokesman said.  
 This training effort is meant to improve the professional ethics and conduct of police officers as they carry out their day-to-day duties. This initiative will seek to help build a more empathetic and people-friendly police. Each officer trained will focus on improving their soft skills and taking a more empathetic approach towards community, he added.

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