Rwanda National Police

Rwanda national Police (RNP), on February 17, started series of trainings, which will benefit about 800 members of personnel from varied private security service providers.

The five-day training to be conducted in ten phases, aims at enhancing quality service and professionalism for the private security personnel.

While opening the first phase of the training for 80 private security personnel at the RNP General Headquarters in Kacyiru, Commissioner of Police (CP) Robert Niyonshuti, the Commissioner of Training and Development, said the training was prepared to improve their understanding and preparedness in the face of emerging security challenges.

“Terrorists prepare and achieve their plans when there is a gap where we are assigned to secure. Criminals also move with the trend adopting new available channels to achieve their evil ends, that means as people charged with the security of the people and their property, you have to be ahead of criminals by acquiring advanced knowledge and skills through continuous training,” CP Niyonshuti said.

“Always be vigilant, assess, observe and search thoroughly for anything, which can hinder the security… be as professional as you are required to be.”

He observed that the security sector is advancing and dynamic and that private security companies can’t stay behind.

“Rwanda National Police as a regulator is always ready to assist and train you in order to build professional private security personnel,” said CP Niyonshuti.

The training will cover search techniques, luggage scanning, searching vehicles and using modern security gadgets, among others.

CP Niyonshuti urged the participant to take the training seriously to create impact where they will be deployed.

Alexis Ruterere, the vice chairperson of Rwanda Private Security Association, said that the training will narrow the gaps in their private security services.

‘’We shall benefit a lot from this training such as profiling, using scanners while searching, working professionally and customer care; some of our guards do not have such basic skills to even go an extra mile to detect explosives, arms and narcotics, and they will benefit such through this training,” Ruterere said.

Currently, there are 17 licensed private security companies in Rwanda with combined strengthen of 26, 000 personnel.