U.S. helps train RI police

U.S. helps train RI police

JAKARTA: United States Ambassador to Indonesia B. Lynn Pascoe
presented a VCD training project worth US$700,000 to the National
Police on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department International Criminal
Investigative Training Assistance Program in Indonesia and the
National Police designed the training project utilizing VCDs. The
VCDs were developed to train police officers in 48 job related
topics, including democratic policing, human rights, interviews
and interrogation, human trafficking and best service practices.

The project will deliver 2,900 VCD training kits containing
VCDs and guidebooks for each of the 48 programs, and will be
distributed to regional police headquarters across the country,
the U.S. Embassy said in a press statement. -- JP