Police facing shortage of nearly 38,000 officers
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- Sri Lanka’s police service is short of about 38,000 officers across different ranks, Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya said.
- The approved establishment is 84,000 officers, while the president has authorized recruiting another 10,000.
- Weerasuriya said four years of public-sector recruitment restrictions after the country’s bankruptcy had hit the police particularly hard, with inadequate facilities adding to the problem.
Sri Lanka’s police service is short of about 38,000 officers, leaving nearly half of its planned positions unfilled, according to Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya.
Police headquarters says the service should have a total of 84,000 officers across its ranks. The shortage, Weerasuriya said, presents a major challenge to maintaining police operations.
The president has authorized the recruitment of another 10,000 officers. Weerasuriya said the police had been especially affected after the country’s bankruptcy led to a four-year halt in public-sector recruitment.
He also said the shortage had become more acute because officers lack the basic facilities they need.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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