http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/01/08/new02.asp

Ex LTTE cadres could join police
by Shanika SRIYANANDA
The Sri Lanka Police Department will create opportunities for former LTTE cadres who are well educated to join the police, Inspector General of Police N.K. Illangakoon said.
He said if the former LTTE cadres were willing to join the police after fulfilling the requirements, the Department would recruit them.
“They need to have the required educational qualifications and pass the physical fitness tests”, he said.
Having ended, three-decades of terrorism, the Government conducted rehabilitation programs for over 11,500 ex-LTTE cadres who surrendered to the Security Forces.
After the successful completion of a one-year rehabilitation program most of them have been reintegrated into the society and some have been facilitated to find employment abroad.
The Police Chief said that the ex-LTTE cadres who wish to join the police need to have clearance from the rehabilitation authorities about their conduct to consider their eligibility to recruit them to the police.
He said the Police Department had recruited over 600 Tamil police officers and they are now serving in the North and the East.
“ Police officers who were not conversant in Tamil was the main obstacle to have a good relationship with the Tamils in the North and the East.”
“By the end of this month another 350 Tamils will join the Police Department and we will continue in the recruitment drive according to the demand”, he said adding that six Tamil Language teaching centres have been set up to teach 1,200 police officers for six months.