Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NDJAMENA527
2008-11-14 11:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ndjamena
Cable title:
MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES
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UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000527
SIPDIS
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREF PHUM MARR KPKO UN CD
SUBJECT: MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES
DEPLOYED TO EASTERN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS: STATUS REPORT
UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000527
SIPDIS
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREF PHUM MARR KPKO UN CD
SUBJECT: MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES
DEPLOYED TO EASTERN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS: STATUS REPORT
1. USAID OFDA Field Officer reported from Eastern Chad on the
status of the deployment of the DIS (Integrated Security
Detachments),the Chadian police and gendarmes trained by
MINURCAT to provide security inside the refugee camps in
Eastern Chad, to the field.
2. As of November 7, some 430 of the planned DIS force of 850
had been trained. Of those, 53 police and gendarme officers
are currently in Abeche, and, with UNPOL assistance, they
have started day and night patrols of the city. As of
November 5, 27 police officers were deployed to Goz Beida.
Lacking accommodation, six of the 27 returned to Abeche by
the following day. Subsequent field deployments for November
include:
-- 50 DIS to Goz Beida
-- 50 DIS to Farchana
-- 50 DIS to Iriba
-- Unknown number to Guereda
-- Requests were made for DIS deployment to Koukou and
Guereda, but the GOC is undecided between Guereda, Dogdore
and Koukou for the final tranche of DIS deployment.
3. At a November 14 briefing in Ndjamena, MINURCAT reported
that as of November 14, approximately 480 DIS officers had
been trained, of which roughly 110 had deployed to the field.
4. TRIPOLI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
NIGRO
SIPDIS
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREF PHUM MARR KPKO UN CD
SUBJECT: MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES
DEPLOYED TO EASTERN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS: STATUS REPORT
1. USAID OFDA Field Officer reported from Eastern Chad on the
status of the deployment of the DIS (Integrated Security
Detachments),the Chadian police and gendarmes trained by
MINURCAT to provide security inside the refugee camps in
Eastern Chad, to the field.
2. As of November 7, some 430 of the planned DIS force of 850
had been trained. Of those, 53 police and gendarme officers
are currently in Abeche, and, with UNPOL assistance, they
have started day and night patrols of the city. As of
November 5, 27 police officers were deployed to Goz Beida.
Lacking accommodation, six of the 27 returned to Abeche by
the following day. Subsequent field deployments for November
include:
-- 50 DIS to Goz Beida
-- 50 DIS to Farchana
-- 50 DIS to Iriba
-- Unknown number to Guereda
-- Requests were made for DIS deployment to Koukou and
Guereda, but the GOC is undecided between Guereda, Dogdore
and Koukou for the final tranche of DIS deployment.
3. At a November 14 briefing in Ndjamena, MINURCAT reported
that as of November 14, approximately 480 DIS officers had
been trained, of which roughly 110 had deployed to the field.
4. TRIPOLI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
NIGRO