Bomana Police Training College

Four female officers trained on human rights

They are part of the 15 police officers who took part in the five day workshop at the Bomana Police Training College.

One of the policewomen, Judith Aihi, says this type of training should be conducted throughout the country as many surprisingly do not know about their rights as human beings.

Aihi says there are very important aspects of human rights that people need to understand and specific awareness is needed for public knowledge and understanding.

15 officers trained on human rights approach

The Bomana Police Training College, together with the Office of High Commission of Human Rights, conducted a workshop funded by AusAID under the Australian High Commission at the police training college in Bomana.

The officers attended this pilot training workshop, which began on Monday and concluded yesterday (Friday).

Representative of the United Nations Population Fund Walter Mendonca Filho says the training is the first of a series that will be carried out.

Training aims to improve image of police force

Assistant commissioner for police in charge of human resource Iven Lakatani says the training is a supervision course designed to target supervisors of the RPNGC or those in supervisory roles.

“A lot of negative things have been said about the way police conduct their business and a lot of negative talks about police brutality and abuses on the general population, as well as the lack of supervision of the force members,” Lakatani says.