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HERAT, Afghanistan – The Herat Regional Training Center completed a large-scale expansion project Feb. 19, which increases student numbers from 300 to 800 per course.
The $4.2 million project added 59 structures to the Afghan National Security Forces and instructors training compound.
“The buildings you see around you represent the collective efforts of [more than] 49 nations and 32 supporting nations from around the world, who are steadfast in their commitment to seeing the establishment of peace, stability and prosperity for a free and sovereign Afghanistan,” said Italian army Col. Marco Cenni, who represented the Regional Support Command-West commander, U.S. Army Col. Bradley Booth, during the ceremony.
Of the many structures build were: six two-story barracks which house nearly 600 student, two barracks for about five-dozen faculty, a new 300-person dining facility, latrines and showers, seven two-story classrooms, medical and administrative offices, storage and laundry facilities, and security bunkers.
“Today we celebrate a significant movement in time for the Afghan National Police and especially for the Afghan people as we inaugurate this modern police training facility,” said Cenni. “The people of Afghanistan have come to expect and deserve professionalism in law enforcement.”
With a suitable place to train, more extensive training is possible, and more students will benefit. One lacking skill has been literacy, but literacy training is expanding.
"Of about 300 recruits in the prior classes, about 60 [on average] were literate," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Cureton, Combined Training Afghan Group Police non-commissioned officer in-charge. Late last year, the RTC added a four-week Dari literacy course.
‘Shohna- ba-Shohna,’ (shoulder to shoulder), Afghan and coalition partners build the expansion, and in the same fashion, RSC-W and ANSF leadership inaugurated the new compound.
Herat’s governor, Dr. Mohammad Dawood Saba, six ANSF generals, RTC representatives, council and civilian court members, and coalition officers took turns addressing hundreds of students, which included 15 female police officers, and lauded what many consider the best police training facility in Afghanistan.
Cenni insisted Afghans deserve properly trained police, stating “Professionalism can only come from a well-trained police force dedicated to maintaining the highest ethical standards, and from officers devoted to fair and equal enforcement of the law. [From] officers who maintain the dignity, respect and rights of those they serve.”
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2011 23:07 |
| Story ID: | 66254 |
| Location: | HERAT, AF |
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