PESHAWAR: The United States awarded Criminal Investigation training certificates to 20 police officers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a graduation ceremony held here at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on Friday.
"This programme will bolster the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police's ability to counter terrorist elements throughout the province," noted John Puckett, U.S. Police Advisor to the KP Police.
The group of police is the first class of the KP Police Investigation Department to complete the training.
The KP police officers graduated from a "Basic Criminal Investigation Course" designed to increase their investigative capabilities. The 30-week long training is part of a Police Assistance Program sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Narcotics Affairs Section.
"The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police need this program to counter militancy and terrorism in the province, which they have been fighting for the past several years and for which they have laid down their lives," remarked Muhammad Khan Masood Afridi, Additional IG of Investigation, KP Police.
In addition to providing police training, the U.S. Government-sponsored Police Assistance program has provided over 40 million USD of vital police equipment to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, which includes vehicles, communication equipment, body armor, protection gear and other law enforcement related material. (APP)
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