Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya yesterday said the Police Department is currently operating with a shortage of around 40,000 personnel.

He said that the department would recruit 10,000 new officers to mitigate the shortage to an extent. He noted that the Government has granted approval for this initiative, and the department is currently conducting the necessary preliminary work.

Discover more Hungarian history books Newspapers General opinion forum The IGP stated that the department plans to recruit some 1,000 sub-inspectors by the end of this month. Furthermore, the department has already issued a gazette notification to recruit 2,500 constables.

Speaking to the media in Kandy, he expla...