By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Capital Police College Islamabad regularly holds departmental promotion courses and practical workshops to enhance the capabilities of police officers and align them with modern requirements.
In this regard, 14 departmental promotion courses were organized during the ongoing year, in which 1,108 police officers received training according to international standards from senior police officers and experts.
These courses included advanced course, upper class course, intermediate course, lower course, basic recruit course, drill instructor course, and VIP protection course.
Additionally, during this timeframe 87 training workshops were also organized at the Capital Police College Islamabad, in which 2,610 police officers attended lectures and participated in practical workshops conducted by experts from various organizations to enhance their skills.
These workshops covered topics such as Basic and Modern Investigation, Pakistan Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Crime Scene Investigation, Departmental Administrative Affairs, Police Order 2002, Interviews, Interrogation, Human and Refugee Rights, Gender-Based Violence, Crimes Against Women, Investigation of Fatal Accidents, Countering Terrorism Financing, Cyber Crime Investigation, etc.
Moreover, to train citizens, the Capital Police College also organized self-defense and weapon handling courses, where citizens were trained in weapon handling, swimming, live firing practice, rappelling, obstacle crossing, horse riding, and archery.
The purpose of these training courses is to provide citizens with knowledge about weapons, their safe use, and how to defend themselves in emergency situations.
Commandant Capital Police College, Shakir Hussain Dawar, said that the aim of these training courses and workshops is to equip police officers with modern skills so they can perform their duties professionally.
Such training programs will continue to be organized in the future for the betterment of police officers’ careers, he added.
