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As part of Iraq's redevelopment, Iraqi Police officers will attend a three-week basic police skill classes at Hamam Al Alil, Iraq, to prepare them to help stabilize Iraq.
The academy teaches new police recruits basic police skills in how to properly deal with Iraqi civilians and to be on the front line to help control an insurgency.
"The officers come here for three weeks to learn and improve basic policing skills. They are taught how to defend against VBIED's and IED's," said Gen Salialm, commandant of the academy and the IP in that region. "We provide them with weapons training, how to conduct searches, operating check points, first aid, and most importantly public relations to help improve relations with people in their districts."
The IP's were escorted to Hamam Al Alil by Staff Sgt. Curtis Gummer and his team from 2nd Headquarters and Headquarters Service Battery, 150th Field Artillery from the Indiana Army National Guard.
Gummer, a resident of Bloomington, Ind., said that he enjoys his job while deployed here, and the challenges it presents because working with the IP's can be very unpredictable sometimes.
"We used to escort them to either an air strip for transport to Jordan or bring them to the Mosul Public Safety Academy. Now we bring them here to Hamam Al Alil for their three weeks of training," said Gummer. "Our primary mission is to escort the IP's to their training sites and back again when they are done,"
The Hamam Al Alil academy is overseen by two civilians representing the United States and Coalition Forces. Jeff Batha and Monty Calhoun represent the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, and insure academy standards are upheld, and the proper training is being administered to the officers going through the course.
"We not only insure all the training is administered, we also track and forward all documents relative to the training to the proper authorities upon completion of training," said Batha. "We also get very involved with the actual training at all levels to make sure that the instructors are providing the best training possible."
"I've been here [in Iraq] for more than 14 months and I've seen many progressions with the police training and the skills they are learning," Calhoun. "Eventually, they will be able to fully train themselves and won't need our assistance, which will be a great day for all of Iraq."
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 06.14.2006 13:49 |
| Story ID: | 6805 |
| Location: | IQ |
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