Old school Mumbai cops struggle with imported bandooks

Updated On: 18 August, 2009 07:04 AM IST | | J Dey

Mumbai policemen, used to firing six rounds a year from outdated guns, make slow progress during training in state-of-art arms sourced globally post 26/11

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Old school Mumbai cops struggle with imported bandooks

Mumbai policemen, used to firing six rounds a year from outdated guns, make slow progress during training in state-of-art arms sourced globally post 26/11

The training of local cops by American experts in the handling and use of state of the art new arms that include 1,200 US-made Smith and Wesson handguns, 900 Glock pistols and over 400 Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine guns ordered post 26/11 will take at least six more months.

"While the Americans are already training our policemen at the local arms headquarters, this will take some time," admitted Commissioner of Police D Sivanandhan.