Director-general of police (training) V. Narayan urged his men to be more people-friendly and to use force sparingly.He said this while addressing the passing-out parade of newly appointed deputy superintendents of police at the police training school, Nathnagar, on Monday. “Every police personnel should be people-friendly. Instead of using the lathi, you have to apply tactics to control odd situations,” he said. Narayan added that with the change in types of crime, particularly the high-tech ones, the police should be acquainted with modern technology. The parade was held under the command of Manoj Kumar, who topped the list of 33 trainee DSPs. Text by Gautam Sarkar, picture by Amit Kumar