Police officers to learn in Berlin

Police officers to learn in Berlin

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is to send 10 middle-ranking police
officers on a detective and riot-control course held by the
Germany police in Berlin later this year.

National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Da'i Bactiar said in a
press release yesterday that the Indonesians' participation was
part of the cooperation pact between the two countries' police
forces agreed Friday during an honorary visit of German Minister
of Home Affairs, Lt. Gen. (retired) Schoembohm on National Police
Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo.

Bachtiar gave no date of the course or its duration.

He said Indonesia sent about 100 police officers on similar
courses in Germany from 1980 to 1994.

Overseas study programs for the Indonesian police also include
traffic in the Netherlands, management in Britain, drugs in the
United States and general police affairs in Australia. (cst)