FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT community policing personnel have started a civic education (Itorero) that will focus on drawing on the country’s culture, moral values and surveillance skills to prevent crimes at community level.The members were drawn from all the corners of the country as part of the Itorero National Taskforce.At the opening ceremony, William Ntidendereza, the Itorero vice chairperson, urged the personnel to be open-minded and ready to learn from the training, which he said will position them as true agents of change.He urged the trainees to keep in touch with local leaders and security agencies to strengthen security in the areas they represent.Sam Rumanzi, the director of community policing in the Rwanda National Police, said the trainees will be taught timely information sharing to avert crimes in their earliest stages."What we want them to do is observe what happens in their the community and deliver any information that could help avert crime,” Rumanzi saidSo far, more than 3,000 community policing personnel have trained under Itorero this year alone, with an estimated 300,000 nationwide, according to officials from the taskforce.