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The Commissioner for Human Resource and management, CSP Vincent Sano has appealed to Police officers to use the skills and knowledge to work with communities to fight and prevent gender-related crimes.
CSP Sano made the call on Friday while presiding over the closure of a five-day anti-gender-based violence (GBV) crime prevention and response course, held at the Rwanda National Police (RNP) Ethics Centre in Kacyiru.
Forty seven Police officers, who include 30 attached to District Police Units, attended the course.
The course was organized by the RNP in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“We expect you to be potential followers and ambassadors and effective ingredients in the fight and prevention of GBV,” he told the officers, who were also awarded with certificates of attendance.
He thanked UNDP for its continued support, especially in the fight against gender violence, through supporting such skills-improvement courses for Police officers.
PC Hodari John, one of the participants said they gained more skills, which will facilitate them to handle gender-related cases, including support to victims.
The officers exhausted areas which include gender and human rights, UN resolution – 1325 – against GBV, family planning, handling evidences, report writing and criminal laws related to arrest, detention as well as the relationship between HIV and GBV.
