{"id":45882,"date":"2022-05-28T06:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T06:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/police-marine-officers-complete-advanced-underwater-search-training\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T07:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T07:08:08","slug":"police-marine-officers-complete-advanced-underwater-search-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-marine-officers-complete-advanced-underwater-search-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Police marine officers complete advanced underwater search training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commissioner of Police (CP) Vianney Nshimiyimana, Commissioner for Cooperation in RNP presided over the pass-out in Rubavu District.<\/p>\n

The training was conducted by scuba dive trainers from the Carabinieri Scuba Diving Centre in Genoa, Italy under the cooperation framework between RNP and Carabinieri.<\/p>\n

The Carabinieri are the national gendarmerie of Italy.<\/p>\n

CP Nshimiyimana said that the training is part of the Rwanda National Police capacity development of officers, including divers.<\/p>\n

“These are fruits of cooperation, which is partly aimed at exchange of modern policing knowledge and skills,” said CP Nshimiyimana.<\/p>\n

RNP and Carabinieri signed a cooperation agreement in 2017 to partner in capacity development, including environmental protection and marine in particular, peace support operations, counter-terrorism, aviation security, public order management, VIP protection, cybercrime, traffic and road safety.<\/p>\n

“This is a crucial training in marine operations, which also requires high-tech equipment. More officers will be trained, including a training of trainers,” he added.<\/p>\n

He reminded the trainees to utilize the acquired skills in ensuring security of water bodies as well as the safety of people in waters and their property.<\/p>\n

“You have a duty to protect water bodies and the safety of people using these water bodies; to ensure that the law and regulations are respected, to fight smuggling, illegal cross-border, illegal fishing and other crimes committed in water bodies,” CP Nshimiyimana said.<\/p>\n

He further urged them to use the equipment well, be disciplined, and to refrain from any form of corruption.<\/p>\n

Colonel Francesco Sessa, one of the trainers, thanked the trainees for their discipline and commitment to learn, during the two weeks.<\/p>\n

“They were committed to learn throughout the training and they are now professionals with advanced skills in underwater search,” said Col. Francesco.<\/p>\n

The divers acquired skills in short-range search visual or non-visual methodology (tactile), circular, spiral, transverse, and seine.<\/p>\n

Other areas include search diving with transverse, seine, circular and spiral methodology; searchers with bathymetric lines and line to ground methodology; setting metal detector and diving with metal detector; survey and measurements with GPS and video camera; and recovery of an object on the bottom with hydrostatic lifting flask.<\/p>\n

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