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A batch of sixteen Rwanda National Police officers has completed a 'fundamentals of intercultural competence and communication for policing’ which started Monday at the RNP headquarters in Kacyiru.
The training attended by 16 officers, was organised in partnership with the German Federal Criminal Police.
Presiding over the closing of the training, Commissioner of Police (CP) Cyprien Gatete lauded the existing partnership between Rwanda and German Police institutions.
He said that such trainings are important to equip the officers with skills in cultural related issues.
"Officer in their policing tasks, encounter and police people of varied cultures and traditions, so it's important for them to be well conversant with all skills required to deal with any policing challenges in all societies," said CP Gatete.
"Rwanda National Police prioritised, among others, capacity building especially through training to keep officers in the loop with skills required to professionalise their day-to-day duties."
He challenged participants to be a value addition to the Rwanda National Police activities wherever they will be deployed, and share the acquired skills with colleagues in areas of their operation.
Katja Birnfeld-Paskin, one of the trainers from German, commended the role and professionalism of RNP in the country and beyond borders in peacekeeping.
She thanked trainees for their discipline during the entire training, and their zeal to lean more.
Inspector of Police Donath Nyinawumuntu, one of the trainees, who spoke on behalf of the participants, thanked Rwanda and German for organising the course.
The training, she said, helped them understand more how to police societies with varied traditions and beliefs, especially in peacekeeping missions.
The training was designed to improve the understanding of participants in terms of policing people with different cultures, cooperating with foreign police authorities more effectively and with greater understanding as well as adding communicative solutions as an option for action in daily policing situations.
