SSP Wijeywardana retires from police service

SSP I A D A B Wijeywardana retired from police service on July 17 as the CCTV division director after having served in the Police Department for 39 years.

Having joined the Police Department as a probationary SI, a great part of his service was directed to improve and plan the technical needs of the Police Department. He also cooperated towards planning and implementing the 119 projects.

He was also instrumental in providing and planning an uninterrupted communication with regard to communication facilities for special occasions such as the SAARC conference. In addition to having served as a normal police officer in Batticaloa, Gampaha, Mathurata and Nawalapitiya areas, he was also attached to police transport and police supply divisions. He was promoted to the rank of Inspector of Police on October 1, 1980 and later followed courses in mechanical and electronic technology at the Sri Lanka German Training Institute and University of Moratuwa.

Subsequent to a lengthy period of service in the police communication division, he was promoted to ASP on June 1, 1994 and then promoted to the rank of SP on May 22, 2000. During this period, he served in Padaviya and Batticaloa.

He was promoted to the rank of SSP on May 22, 2005 and was transferred to Mullaithivu as the Divisional Head of Mullaithivu Division. He retired as the first director of the police CCTV division.

He has undergone training in radio technology in the USA, India, South Korea, China etc.

During his period of service, he had been seconded for duty in Liberia and East Timor under the United Nations Peace Keeping Force. His school career had been in Jaffna, Moratuwa, Negombo and Dehiwela and Isipathana Vidyalaya, Colombo was the longest.

His wife Yamuna Uthpala Wijesinghe is a teacher at Gateway International School. They have two children.