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.