Armenian police training centre opens after renovation

Armenian police training centre opens after renovation

ArmRadio.am
23.03.2007 17:52

An Armenian Police training Centre, renovated as part of an OSCE
police assistance programme, opened in Yerevan today.

Under the programme, implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in
co-operation with the Armenian Police, six buildings of the Centre
have been renovated. They will be used for training non-commissioned
officers. The Office has also supplied new teaching aids and
equipment.

`The renovation was an important achievement of our joint Police
Assistance Programme, and an indicator of the expanding and deepening
co-operation between the OSCE and Armenia in the field of democratic
policing,’ said Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE
Office, speaking at the opening ceremony.

`We will continue to closely work with the Armenian Police to further
develop the Centre’s training curriculum.’

Colonel Artashes Andreasyan, the Head of the Police Training Centre,
added: ` The renovation and refurbishment of the buildings will
contribute to enhanced teaching of the best international police
practices and human rights standards in our institution.’

The Head of the Armenian Police, Colonel-General Hayk Harutyunyan,
ambassadors of donor countries and media representatives got a tour of
the renovated premises.

The renovation of the Centre was financed by the Governments of
Belgium, the United States and Sweden.