Karachi: Jason Kight, Senior Representative of the US Consulate, and Inspector General of Police Sindh, Mushtaq Shah, inaugurated the Curriculum Development Team at the Central Police Office here on Friday in recognition of the ongoing collaboration between the United States Government and the Sindh Police.
In a statement issued by the US Consulate General in Karachi, the American funding, under the Police Assistance Programme, will support the police force throughout the province in three phases.
It said that today the Sindh Police identified an 8-member Curriculum Development Team who will develop and train 30 master instructors, 20 men and 10 women police officers.
The master instructors will train their fellow Sindh police officers as a part of the regular training curriculum throughout Sindh province.
The statement further pointed out that the US Government is providing Rs. 56 million to Sindh Police to develop training modules in areas such as community based policing, crime prevention, counter-terrorism, criminal investigations, human rights, and the general education of police officers on search, arrest, and other practical aspects of law enforcement, to enhance the existing curriculum.
Speaking on the occasion, Kight stated, `this is a great endeavor on the part of the Sindh Police in focusing on standardizing their practices to incorporate human rights in their community policing, with the rule of law as their foundation. We are proud to partner with Inspector General Shah and the dedicated professionals, current and retired police officers, who are working to make their communities better’.
Kight went on to say that the Police Assistance Programme supports and benefits Pakistani police officers in every province throughout the country.
Many retired senior Sindh police officers were present at the inauguration this morning, and will take part in preparing the new curriculum modules.
This latest agreement reflects the American and Pakistani governments’ ongoing cooperation in the fight against extremism. Recently, with the support of the Police Assistance Programme provided by the US Government, police officers took part in a training course wherein they learned to collect and preserve evidence at the scene of a criminal or terrorist bombing.
The course provided an introduction to explosives, and instruction on conducting an investigation after a bombing, which will help identify the extremists responsible for the crime and bring them to justice.
The US Police Assistance Programme has also provided equipment support to the Sindh police, with the most recent equipment handover including over 1,000 bullet proof vests and over 1,000 helmets.
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