(Barbados Nation) – Ten law enforcement officers from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean have joined 40 of their colleagues from Trinidad, Jamaica and The Bahamas at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Roswell, New Mexico.
They are attending the advanced management course from June 1 to 26.
The course is a programme geared for middle management officers who have the ability to move into the upper ranks of their agencies within the next five years.
The course consists of six modules: leadership, criminal justice in global crime issues, terrorist threats, technology, managing law enforcement organisations and crisis management, building upon the participants’ prior knowledge and will focus on the academic aspects of law enforcement rather than its practical aspects.
The ten include four officers from Barbados, two from Antigua and one each from Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and St Lucia.
The programme is fully funded by the United States government and responds to priorities identified during Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent visit to Barbados.
It is part of America’s continuing engagement with its Caribbean partners, which will be further strengthened through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative that President Barack Obama announced at the 2009 Summit Of The Americas.