Thirty senior police officers including five from the newly formed state of South Sudan have gathered in a two-week training aimed at proffessionalising the force.
The training has been organised by Rwanda National Police in conjunction with the British High Commission to Rwanda.
The training is in line with the implementation of the resolutions adopted the recent Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (EAPCCO) meeting to join in combating trans-border crimes.
In the meeting, EAPCCO member states agreed to help in training the police of the newly formed South Sudan state.
The Inspector General of police Emmanuel Gasana who also chairs EAPCCO says 21 other officers are undergoing various courses with 14 of them doing online degree courses at Cambridge University and two attending the international strategic and leadership course and international commanders’ course at Bramshill College.
Two other officers are scheduled to enrol at Teesside University for Masters’ degrees in forensic science while three others are slated for Leicester University on the online Masters’ degree.
Ten officers have so far graduated with Masters’ degrees from Teesside University.
“This is a clear manifestation of our effort towards professionalising the police force. I am sure the knowledge that will be acquired here will increase their capacity in leadership, management of crucial incidents, command and control, strategic planning and management and community policing,” Gasana said.
Ben Llewellyn Jones, the British High Commissioner to Rwanda says that it is very important his government to support the Rwandan police and South Sudan too plus supporting links that exist between the two countries.
“It’s important that police becomes professional, which is central to good governance,” Jones said.
They will be trained in leadership, management and community policing, the latter, which aims at enhancing the cooperation between police and the local communities.
It will also cover topics such as intelligence-led policing to further improve the exchange of information between the police and the general public.
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