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U.S. Government Conducts Courses on Community Policing and Anti-Terrorism for Tanzanian Police

October 11, 2007

The United States Department of Justice International Training Assistance Programme (ICITAP), in an effort to continue the bilateral agreement to enhance the institutional capacities of the Government of Tanzania to carry out effective measures in the implementation of a comprehensive community policing programme, is conducting two one-week courses on community policing for 110 participants from October 15-26, 2007.

The goal of the first week is to enhance the skills of community policing officers of the Tanzania Police Force in developing community policing methods, identifying and responding to domestic violence and child abuse calls for service and enhancing problem solving strategies including victim advocacy.

The second program will present the area of officer safety, use of force and handcuffing techniques. This program will develop the officers' situational awareness, provide information on proper use of force and enhance the skills of the officers in safety and effectively placing a suspect in custody while protecting human rights.

Additionally, the Department of State, through Diplomatic Security Service's Office of Antiterrorism Assistance (DS/ATA) Programme will conduct a separate two-week Anti-terrorism Instructor Development Course for 18 Government of Tanzania participants from October 15 – 26, 2007. The course is designed for instructors and mid-level managers with training responsibilities who will learn to develop effective training utilizing current approaches to adult learning. The training methods used are common Anti-Terrorism (AT) themes such as a review of trends in terrorism, terrorist methods of operations, and attacks in computer operations, bomb threat management, and weapons of mass destruction.

These training courses are part of the overall U.S. Government direct and multilateral assistance to Tanzania of more than half a billion U.S. Dollars (over 625 billion Tanzanian shillings) in fiscal year 2007.