Sixteen Police officers completed a two-week canine bonding training. The course, facilitated by trainers from the Holland Police Dog Centre, was designed to familiarize the canine handlers with the new explosives and narcotics sniffer dogs.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) in charge of Administration and Personnel, Jeanne Chantal Ujeneza, while officially closing the training in Masoro, said that the global security threats are becoming more complex and challenging especially with criminals taking advantage of technological advancement, sometimes making it hard to detect and prevent crimes.
For this reason, she added, Rwanda National Police (RNP) has made capacity building one of its key priorities to ensure it’s always ahead of criminals.
“Canine operations are crucial to the fulfillment of the RNP core mandate of ensuring security and safety for all. This training is meant to equip canine staff with the capacity to handle dogs in order to successfully conduct the operations involving the canine brigade,” DIGP Ujeneza said.
She thanked trainers and partners for the continued support and productive engagements in capacity building and security.
The Deputy Police Chief further urged the trainees to put to good use the skills and knowledge acquired.
“Consider this as the beginning… training is continuous, keep improving and curious to know more. Whenever you put the security of people in doubt, you are putting the entire security of the country in doubt, which we cannot allow,” she reiterated. (End).