Chief Inspector Sunil Kumara, an officer par excellence

Divakara Mohotti, Kalutara Group Corr

Chief Inspector and Lecturer of the Kalutara Police Training College Sunil Kumara, retiring from a long period of service in the Sri Lanka Police Service, possesses a remarkable service record in the Sri Lanka Police Service as well as in the Kalutara Police Training College, as he had sacrificed 30 years of his period of 40 years service to the Police Training College, said Senior Superintendent of Police and Director of the Police Training College Sanjeewa Dharmaratne, at a felicitation ceremony, held at the Police Training College premises on the retirement of Chief Lecturer and Chief Inspector Sunil Kumara. SSP Dharmaratne said that Sunil Kumara acted as the supervising officer of 7 officers including himself, who were selected for training as Assistant Superintendents of Police nearly fifteen years ago at the Police Training School in Kalutara.

“Sunil Kumara was one lecturer and teacher who had been well trained in performing his duties perfectly and punctually. We too were trained to be punctual and duty conscious by initiating his example,” he said.

“Because such great qualities should be preserved while in service, his retirement has created a great loss to the staff of the Police Training College,” he observed.

He said that CI Sunil Kumara was a person who never considered his civil life as separate from his life as a police officer. He lived quite happily, attending to his various duties as a police officer, even during his week ends as well as public holidays.

He also considered it a pleasure to attend to the requirements of his colleagues what ever they were and derived much pleasure in completing such requirements fully, SSP Dharmaratne said.

CI Sunil Kumara, addressing the ceremony, said that he never worked for his personal happiness, but performed his duties to the best of his ability and to the satisfaction of his superior officers. Hence, he was able to retire with a light and satisfied heart. He added that he never waited till others asked him to work. He considered it a requirement that once a person is given a job, he should try to fulfill his duties to the best of his ability willingly, whether it be night or day, irrespective of its weight or lightness.

That was the reason why he was happy whenever the police service came to his mind.

His advice as an experienced officer was that each person could make his life pleasant and full of happiness if he or she determined to deliver his or her duties without prejudice, CI Sunil Kumara concluded.