KAMPALA– The Uganda Police Force on Friday passed out a total of 228 counter terrorism officers who completed a 5 months basic counter terrorism course.
According to a statement issued by the Police, 64 others completed a one month and two weeks Scenes of crime course, at the Police Counter Terrorism Training School, Olilim in Katakwi District.
The Uganda Police Director Operations Edward Ochom presided over the closing ceremony and urged the officers to put the knowledge and skills acquired to improve security, safety and service delivery to the public.
Speaking at the same function, the Director Human Resource Development in the Uganda Police Godfrey Golooba noted that the Police will continue providing routine refresher courses and retraining for their officers.
Golooba urged the trained officers to maintain self-discipline as enshrined in the Uganda Police Force standard operating procedures and said that the training was meant to help in the fight against terror and foster modern techniques of crime scene management.
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