Afghan Elite Police Moving To Ingelligence-Based Policing

A class of 20 students from Afghan National Civil Order Police’s (ANCOP) 1st Reconnaissance Brigade and the General Directorate of Intelligence Training and Education Department graduated from the Basic Police Intelligence Course – the first time the revised 60-hour course has been taught. Graduation was Oct. 13, 2010.

This course supports the Afghan National Police strategic priority to “implement Intelligence Led Policing.” A core component of intelligence led policing is the development of trained intelligence personnel who lead operations driven by reliable intelligence.

Over the past two months, a combined NTM-A/CSTC-A, EUPOL, and MPRI team of advisors devoted over five weeks to developing a Basic Police Intelligence Course in concert with ANCOP leadership.

As an elite Afghan police force, ANCOP units perform critical police missions for Afghanistan. Intelligence is a key contributor of the ANCOP mission.

Source: http://www.ntm-a.com/news/categories/police/1570-ancop-oct-2010-graduation-press-release?lang=