The police training for the Third batch of Hirshabelle state police is now ongoing. The exercise will take three months and the aim is to graduate professional police officers who will be able to secure and protect HirShabelle State in accordance with internationally accepted policing standards.
The first and second batch, comprising 200 police officers each phase, graduated early this year and was deployed to various parts of the region to maintain law and order.
The ministry of internal security of Hirshabelle committed the recruits to maintain the highest levels of discipline and to ensure that they complete the training ahead of deployment to various police stations.
Minister of internal security of Hirshabelle state Hon Mohamed Abdirahman Kheire expressed optimism that the recruits will help secure the federal member state once they complete the training, adding that security was a major priority for the Hirshabelle state.