Rwanda National Police

At least 57 Police officers, on Friday, completed a 'special operations' course at the Counter-Terrorism Training Centre (CTTC) Mayange in Bugesera District. 

The four-week course was conducted by Rwanda National Police (RNP) in partnership with the Italian Police--Carrabiniere.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) in charge of Operations, Felix Namuhoranye, presided over the pass-out.

He noted that the evolving policing environment requires police officers to acquire special skills in various disciplines to be ready to effectively contain high profile criminals. 

"Your overall responsibility is to ensure and preserve people’s security, and this requires high level of understanding and specialty to be able to contain any security situation and guarantee the people of their security," the Deputy Police Chief said.

He commended the existing partnership with the Italian Police adding that capacity building especially through training remains one of the key priorities of the force to move with the security trend.

Present was also Chief of Carrabiniere trainers, Brigadier V Abbate Francesco.

The course reinforced RNP's capacity in confronting contemporary security challenges like drug trafficking and terrorsim.

The Commandant of CTTC, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Celestin Twahirwa said the officers showed zeal, determination and resilience during the one month training.