Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10CAIRO157
2010-02-04 09:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
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UNCLAS CAIRO 000157
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DRL FOR POSNER
FOR NEA/ELA AND INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM EG
SUBJECT: RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
REF: 09 CAIRO 1778; 09 CAIRO 1229; 09 CAIRO 892; 09 CAIRO 694
09 STATE 38378
UNCLAS CAIRO 000157
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DRL FOR POSNER
FOR NEA/ELA AND INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM EG
SUBJECT: RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
REF: 09 CAIRO 1778; 09 CAIRO 1229; 09 CAIRO 892; 09 CAIRO 694
09 STATE 38378
1. (U) On February 1, the U.S.-funded, human rights-oriented police
training program resumed, following its suspension in July 2008
pending bilateral negotiations related to the change in funding
from ESF to INCLE (reftels). The February 1-3 three-day course
focused on "Data-based Decision Making" to train officers to make
decisions based on relevant information, as opposed to instinct.
The course also emphasized the importance of engagement with local
communities to gain their trust, with the goal of better serving
the public and gathering crime data more effectively. The next
training course is planned for March 23-25, and will focus on
conforming to international policing standards. Subsequent courses
are planned for May on interview and interrogation skills, July on
appropriate use of force, and September on community policing.
2. (SBU) At the start of the course February 1, Interior Ministry
State Security General Amr Al-Asr addressed the 24 assembled police
officers, stressing the training's importance and encouraging the
officers to interact with the program instructors. General Amr
thanked the Embassy and the State Department, and underlined to the
officers the importance of the U.S.-Egyptian strategic
relationship. Officers participating in the training course are
majors and lieutenant colonels, and are from the Interior Ministry
(MOI) State Security Investigative Service, MOI public security,
MOI anti-narcotics department, and MOI traffic department. The
officers are stationed in Cairo and Alexandria, as well as a range
of cities in the Delta and Upper Egypt.
SCOBEY
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DRL FOR POSNER
FOR NEA/ELA AND INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM EG
SUBJECT: RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
REF: 09 CAIRO 1778; 09 CAIRO 1229; 09 CAIRO 892; 09 CAIRO 694
09 STATE 38378
1. (U) On February 1, the U.S.-funded, human rights-oriented police
training program resumed, following its suspension in July 2008
pending bilateral negotiations related to the change in funding
from ESF to INCLE (reftels). The February 1-3 three-day course
focused on "Data-based Decision Making" to train officers to make
decisions based on relevant information, as opposed to instinct.
The course also emphasized the importance of engagement with local
communities to gain their trust, with the goal of better serving
the public and gathering crime data more effectively. The next
training course is planned for March 23-25, and will focus on
conforming to international policing standards. Subsequent courses
are planned for May on interview and interrogation skills, July on
appropriate use of force, and September on community policing.
2. (SBU) At the start of the course February 1, Interior Ministry
State Security General Amr Al-Asr addressed the 24 assembled police
officers, stressing the training's importance and encouraging the
officers to interact with the program instructors. General Amr
thanked the Embassy and the State Department, and underlined to the
officers the importance of the U.S.-Egyptian strategic
relationship. Officers participating in the training course are
majors and lieutenant colonels, and are from the Interior Ministry
(MOI) State Security Investigative Service, MOI public security,
MOI anti-narcotics department, and MOI traffic department. The
officers are stationed in Cairo and Alexandria, as well as a range
of cities in the Delta and Upper Egypt.
SCOBEY