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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Emmanuel K. Gasana has underscored the need for professionalism and enhanced cooperation among regional police forces if the existing security challenges which are cross-border in nature and largely facilitated by modern technology, are to be combated effectively.
The Police Chief made the call on July 28 while addressing the 28 Police students from nine regional countries attending the one-year ‘Senior Command and Staff Course’ at the National Police College in Musanze District, on their return from a study tour in Kenya.
Present was also the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration and Personnel, Juvenal Marizamunda.
IGP Gasana said that professionalism is a vital tool in routine policing to win the support of the citizens and to conquer security challenges.
“Utilise the acquired skills to fulfill your policing mandate effectively to make your respective countries and the region in general a secure home for all,” the IGP noted.
He further urged them to be catalysts of change in their respective countries.
During the meeting, the students also presented their study tour findings in various policing disciplines including security, sustainable development and good governance.
The 28 students are from Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Zambia and the host, Rwanda.
The course combines three Police components; ‘operational staff work of police’ offered by Rwanda National Police, ‘strategic leadership and management,’ (level seven certificate), offered by the UK-based Bramshill Police College and a Master’s in ‘Peace Studies and Conflict Management’ offered in partnership with the University of Rwanda-College of Arts and Social Science (CASS).
