{The Commandant of the National Police College (NPC), Commissioner of Police (CP) Felix Namuhoranye, has urged Private Security Service Providers (PSSP) to priorities on and off job training of their staff as means to ensure standard and professional service delivery.}
CP Namuhoranye made the call on January 9 while presiding over the closing of a three-day training of 20 senior managers from private security firms that ended at the National Police College in Musanze District.
He emphasized that service delivery and professionalism can’t be realized if service providers lack modern skills and knowledge, and advanced tools that fit in the current evolving security environment.
“The work of private security firms is a force multiplier in policing and fighting and preventing crimes in particular, and your activities complements the role of security organs” CP Namuhoranye said.
“RNP is committed to strengthening partnership with the Private Security Service Providers by ensuring standardization and professionalism among them through various trainings. Your cooperation in the noble mandate to protect people and property is highly valued and appreciated” he added.
He further urged the managers to keep up with the trends saying that “Rwanda is developing at a very fast rate” which he said that security companies also must ensure they apply modern technologies so as to remain relevant in the face of “ever-changing security landscape.”
“I request you to not only apply the knowledge acquired during this training, but also to transfer it to your staff in order to uplift standards within and among private security companies,” he said.
They were also urged to relate what they learnt into their day-to-day duties by analyzing situations at their work place, identifying gaps that need to be bridged, and laying strategies in line with their respective organization’s vision to improve performance and professionalism.
The just concluded training aimed at increasing knowledge and skills in a continued process of professionalization through harmonization of standards within the private security industry.
Participants were equipped with knowledge ranging from management skills, strategic thinking, organizational vision and mission, service delivery, effective communication, team building, performance improvement and evaluation, among others.
During the training, a special focus was put on awareness of contemporary security challenges where law enforcers and Private Security Service Providers in particular play a joint vital role in protecting critical infrastructures and other people’s property.
Trainees were given an insight into crime evolution with a focus on terrorism and other organized crimes, as well as ethics for uniformed personnel and the role of private security firms in mitigating such crimes.
This was the second batch of training following the first one which ended on Wednesday and attracted 40 other senior managers and their investigators.
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