U.S. EMBASSY DONATES CLASSROOM AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TO THE RA POLICE ACADEMY IN YEREVAN

ARMENPRESS
Oct 03 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: On October 3, 2007, Transnational
Crime Affairs Officer William Douglass signed a letter at the Republic
of Armenia Police Academy donating almost $33,000 of computer and
classroom equipment. Signing the donation letter on behalf of the
Government of Armenia was Colonel Eduard Chibukhchyan, Head of the
Training Department at the Academy.

The U.S. Embassy in Armenia said the new equipment was bought by
the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office of
the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan. Total donations to the Police Academy
by the U.S. government now amount to more than $190,000, and include
physical techniques training equipment, audiovisual equipment, and a
laser shooting simulation system. Agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau
of Investigation conducted a Cyber Crime Prevention course at the
Academy last May.

This project is only part of the U.S. Government’s comprehensive
law enforcement assistance program in the Republic of Armenia. The
U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, through its International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Section, has funded the renovation of such facilities
as the National Bureau of Expertises, the Police Induction Center
in Kanaker, the Border Guards Training Facility in Yerevan and the
Customs House in Vanadzor.

Moreover, the Embassy has donated computer equipment to all these
facilities. The Embassy is also working with the Government of Armenia
to establish a nationwide, computerized border management information
system and a nationwide computer network for the RA Police. The
U.S. Government provides about $3 million a year in law enforcement
assistance to Armenia.