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Guyanese police officers on CBSI training course
Two dozen officers from the Guyana Police Force have started to attend a series of training courses spanning from May 13 to June 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The courses will be held at the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Police Academy.
Through the courses, the officers will be exposed to training in the area of developing skills relating to criminal gangs and organized crime investigations, intelligence gathering for law enforcement and crime scene investigations.
This newspaper understands that this is the time Guyana has
US Ambassador D. Brent Hardt is flanked by four Guyanese Officers.
sent students to the Trinidad-based Academy. Instructors from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) will be conducting the training course.
U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, D. Brent Hardt has toured the TTPS Police Academy, in Trinidad and met with the group of Guyanese law enforcement officials participating in the course. The Ambassador expressed appreciation to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Academy leadership for facilitating Guyana’s participation in the training.
Hardt pointed out that the expansion of regional training programmes and regional centers of excellence is a primary goal of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), the ongoing security partnership between the Caribbean and the United States.
It was noted that such an exercise would allow for more capacity building training to be delivered at a lower cost.
More importantly, he said that it helps to build personal connections among Caribbean law enforcement agencies. Such connections are essential to combating transnational criminal activity.
The Ambassador told participants that “criminals operate across borders and law enforcement agencies must be equally nimble if they are to remain effective in combating criminal activity.”
The CBSI partners agreed on importance of expanding regional training and developing regional centers of excellence. This FBI provided training reflects the U.S. commitment to implement the CBSI and develop the region’s capacity to enhance training in broad range of areas for law enforcement officials throughout the region.
This partnership exemplifies the regional cooperation that is at the heart of the CBSI’s success and sustainability. The CBSI partnership with the Caribbean was launched by U.S. President Barack Obama at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago in April 2009 and is a cornerstone of an integrated, multilateral hemispheric security strategy that seeks to enhance citizen security, promote social justice and combat illicit trafficking.
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