Iraqi Police to Train in Australia
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Media release
13 May 2008
The Minister for Home Affairs Bob Debus has announced a $13.7 million package of support to the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) to provide training for up to 243 IPS members.
“Iraqi police members will be brought to Australia for specialist management, leadership and technical training at the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM) and the AFP’s specialist forensic facilities.
“Each year over the next three years, 30 IPS mid and senior level managers will attend the AIPM in Sydney, while another 51 IPS members will undertake forensics training with AFP experts over the same period.
“The program will give Iraqi police access to the specialist expertise of the AFP’s forensic scientists and will focus on building a crime scene analysis system for the Iraqi Police Service.
“The AFP is highly regarded for its capacity building in countries throughout the Pacific region and its training programs in Australia.
“For instance it has delivered training across the region on combating transnational crime, people smuggling and human trafficking, child sex tourism in addition to disaster victim identification, surveillance and other critical investigative practices.
“Working with IPS members at the management level also provides an opportunity for the AFP to build on its partnerships with international law enforcement agencies.
“This program is another example of the Government’s commitment to a capacity building role in Iraq.”
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