Military Police officers trained on handling suspects
A total of 145 Military Police personnel, including 10 officers and 13 female combatants were passed out at the weekend after completing a three-week prisoner handling and management course at Luzira Prisons Academy and Training School in Kampala. COURTESY PHOTO
Kampala. A total of 145 Military Police personnel, including 10 officers and 13 female combatants were passed out at the weekend after completing a three-week prisoner handling and management course at Luzira Prisons Academy and Training School in Kampala.
The course was in relation to the changing demands of the world and hopes to address issues of violent arrests and handling of suspects.
“It was a hands-on course and more tangible, whereby role plays and demonstrations were used to impart both theoretical and practical skills to trainees,” the regional prison commander Kampala extra Commissioner, Mr John Bosco Tumwebaze, who was the chief guest at the closing ceremony, said.
Mr Tumwebaze challenged the officers to be exemplary and perform duties diligently.
Uganda’s security forces have been on the spot for violently arresting and allegedly torturing suspects.
The latest being the arrest of Mr Yusuf Kawooya by officers from the Special Forces Command last Thursday.
Lauded
The chief of training and recruitment in UPDF, Brig Jim Wills Byarugaba, commended the Prisons for enabling the academy to train UPDF military police.
Brig Byarugaba said information and knowledge sharing between security agencies is key given the changing crime trends worldwide.
He urged security agencies to maintain the already existing cordial relationship.
Brig Byarugaba also commended the commandant of Military Police, Col William Bainomugisha’s, efforts for the initiative.
He said the training will give Uganda a good image in prisoners handling and management.
The course covered human rights, rehabilitation and reintegration and prisoners’ contact to outside world.
