U.S. donates $9.3m to police

U.S. donates $9.3m to police

JAKARTA: The United States has allocated US$9.3 million to
assist the National Police's reform program, the U.S. Embassy
said.

An agreement authorizing the donation was signed by Ambassador
Ralph L. Boyce and National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar on
Wednesday.

"It is an honor to participate in a signing ceremony to
provide police with an additional $9.3 million to support Phase
IV of our continuing assistance to the Indonesian police," Boyce
said.

During the past four years, the U.S. government has donated
more than $36 million to the government of Indonesia to help the
police's transition from a military to a civilian law enforcement
agency. -- JP