At least ten South Sudan police have joined a team of 32 senior police officers from four post-conflict countries on Monday for a two-month training at the Rwanda National Police headquarters in Kacyiru, Kigali.
The trainees comprise ten from South Sudan, five from Somalia, Burundi, five and 12 participants from Rwanda, Allafrica website reported.Internal Security Minister Sheikh Musa Fazil Harelimana opened the course and said the training will help equip participants with skills to deal with sophisticated crimes.
He said new crimes trends require regular and more focused training programmes to keep law-enforcers side by side with the level of sophistication used in organized crime
Fazil said the participants will acquire technical skills in preventing, detecting and investigating transnational organized crimes.
The Minister added that they will also be trained in police command dimensions, leadership as well as management and human rights issues.
He urged the participants to make good use of the training opportunity.
The minister added that the region and the world cannot preserve peace and security unless law-enforcers were in position to adjust to the ever-changing security dynamics.
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Police Commissioner Dr Fred Yiga described South Sudan National Police Service as promising institution.
He said the knowledge of post conflict policing will be added value to the development of the Police in the new country.
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