‘The best cops’: Indian state recruits its first transgender police officers
by Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5FG7C)
The 13 new constables have overcome society's prejudice to win a place at Chhattisgarh's training academy
The top police officer in Chhattisgarh state, Durgesh Awasthi, has nothing but praise for his new recruits. He suspects, he says, some of them will prove to be the best cops" the force has ever enlisted.
They are sensitive, have a high emotional quotient and know not just how the other half lives but what it's like being on the other side of the law," said Awasthi.
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