US EMBASSY DEDICATED THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR LASER SHOT SHOOTING SIMULATORS AT RA POLICE ACADEMY
armradio.am
29.06.2007 12:37
On June 29, 2007, the US Embassy in Armenia dedicated the installation
of four Laser Shot shooting simulators at the Training Center and
Police Academy of the Republic of Armenia. The dedication ceremony
took place at the Police Training Center in Kanaker. Present at
the ceremony was Artashes Andriasyan, Head of the Training Center,
Eduard Chibukhchyan, Head of the Training Department of the Police
Academy, William Douglass, Transnational Crime Affairs Officer at
the US Embassy in Yerevan, and representatives of Laser Shot, Inc.
The US Government invested over $95,000 dollars to purchase the
simulators and provide training for technical personnel at the Academy
and the Induction Center through the US Embassy’s International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office.
The Laser Shot simulator systems donated by the US Embassy will be
the first in Armenia. Police personnel will use live-action videos
to simulate life-threatening situations. The trainees will use laser
guns to simulate live fire exchanges. The systems will train Armenian
law enforcement personnel in tactics, marksmanship and combat skills
in a safe, controlled environment.
This project is only one part of the US Government’s comprehensive
law enforcement assistance program in the Republic of Armenia. The
U.S. Embassy in Yerevan was the largest contributor by far to the
renovation of the Kanaker Police Induction Center and is the biggest
contributor to the development of new curricula in that facility. The
Embassy has renovated a number of other buildings in Armenia’s law
enforcement community, such as the National Bureau of Expertise, the
Border Guards Training Facility in Yerevan and the Vanadzor Customs
House training center. The Embassy has donated equipment for training
in many areas, such as physical conditioning, and we have also donated
equipment for the computer infrastructure in all these facilities. The
Embassy is working with the Government of Armenia to establish
a nationwide, computerized border management information system
and a nationwide computer network for the police. The US Embassy’s
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office provides
about $3 million a year in law enforcement assistance to Armenia.