The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) police training program kicks off at three newly established training facilities in January to build the capacity of 1,800 police officers in Libya.
UNDP announced on Dec. 13 that the training institutions, all built in 2018 alone, are part of its program to support Libyan endeavors to establish the rule of law.
On Dec. 13, head the Presidency Council Faiez Sarraj, and Head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (USMIL) Ghassan Salame inaugurated three rehabilitated police training facilities in Tripoli.
The rehabilitated facilities – the Police Technical School, the Judicial Police Training Institute and the Police College – will house training for 1,800 Libyan police and judicial police officers.
“A trained, disciplined and regular force is crucial for the strengthening of the rule of law in the country and advancing new security arrangements in the capital,” Sarraj said during the inauguration.
“Over the coming month, police and judicial police officers will be trained based on new curricula that integrate human rights principles with effective policing methodologies and techniques. Their training will also include community policing, sensitivities towards vulnerable communities such as internally displaced persons and case management,” according to the UNDP.
