Police, legal institute in capacity building deal

The Rwanda National Police is set to reinforce capacity of police officers on legal issues by acquiring knowledge in instituting fair administration of justice and providing high quality services.This will be enabled following an agreement between the force and the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD), which was signed yesterday at police general headquarters in Kigali.The MoU intends to expand ILPD’s area of training by including the police. ILPD is executing an integrated training of Rwanda’s prosecutors, judges and lawyers, with the aim to speed up court proceedings.“All sectors of the judiciary must improve so that anyone seeking justice is not subjected to unfair delays, and the police is part and parcel of this,” said the ILPD rector Prof Nick Johnson.The Nyanza-based ILPD serves as a national and regional centre of reference for practical legal training, research and development of law.The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Stanley Nsabimana, said the training will ease the force’s work of enforcing law and order in the country.“We consider capacity building as key to enable our police officers to react efficiently to the everchanging policing environment; therefore, training them in law and investigative skills is very important,” he added.The head for Criminal Investigation Department, CP Christophe Bizimungu, said such trainings will emaprt relevant skills to deal with crimes such as arson, cybercrimes and cross-border crimes.