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Policewomen Graduate from Baghdad Police College

January 27th, 2009 | Comments Off

The Baghdad Police College graduated 490 new Iraqi Policewomen at a ceremony here Jan. 26. The women voluntarily stepped forward to serve and protect Iraq, its people and its Constitution. Among their first duties, the new graduates will serve front-line roles providing security for the Jan. 31 election. “This is something I have waited for…this day. I am very happy to be a policewoman now and to serve our people,” said Sasha, one of the graduates of the largest female class ever to graduate from BPC. After the ceremony, the new policewomen celebrated by chanting slogans and proudly thrusting their arms in the air. The smiles on their faces told the story of their accomplishments. “We feel proud and happy that we are bringing new opportunity to Iraqi women … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Iraqi Police Primer

December 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable was with Col. Larry Saunders, Director, Baghdad Police College Transition Team and Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior Vice Deputy. He was very patient and gave us a detailed review of the structure and training of the Iraqi police as it is currently constituted. There are three main components of the security forces under the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior the Iraqi Police Service, IPS – 240,000 – These are the local police, recruited and stationed near their homes. Border Police – 80,000 Iraqi National Police – 130,000. These are a paramilitary force similar to a combination of a state police force and a National Guard Military Police. The basic IPS recruit, or shirta, will be trained in either a four or eight week course. The longer course ends at 1 … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Original writing, Rebuilding, Reporting, War on Terror