Police Training

Billions Wasted, Again: State Likely to Give Up on Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Baghdad, Dynacorp, Police Training, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, State Department, Nides, Politics News
Peter Van Buren

The New York Times reports that the State Department, in the face of massive costs and Iraqi officials who say they never wanted it in the first place...

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DJ Henry and the Training of Police Part Three

Phillip Martin | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee, Patty DeRosa, Dj Henry, Mabel Lam, Mt. Pleasant NY, Angella Henry, Danroy Henry, Jack Cole, Officer Aaron Hess, Police Training, Racism, Dan Zivkovich, Internalized Stereotypes, Racial Profiling, Crime News
Phillip Martin

Some law enforcement experts say that police forces around the country need to train officers to de-escalate conflicts and increase sensitivity to racial stereotypes.

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DJ Henry and the Training of Police Part One

Phillip Martin | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Eurie Stamps, Wgbh, Angella-Henry, Dj Henry, Donna Parks, Danroy Henry, Mt Pleasant Ny, Tommy Parks, Brandon Cox, Police Training, Officer Aaron Hess, Danroy Henry Investigation, Phillip Martin, Crime News
Phillip Martin

The shooting death of Danroy "DJ" Henry, a black student at Pace University with no record of criminality or violence, continues to stir controversy on a number of levels that go well beyond this single incident.

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PMSC Challenges in Kosovo

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Training, Kosovo, U.N., Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Dyncorp, Business News
David Isenberg

One of the tasks the U.S. government uses private military contractors for is overseas law enforcement. No, they are not walking a beat in another country. But they are used to demonstrate the government's commitment to international operations.

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The Liability of Using a PMC to Do Foreign Police Training

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Training, Private Military Security Contractors, Iraq, Business News
David Isenberg

Do the benefits of using any PMC for police training outweigh the costs? Some people, who have the credentials to back up their viewpoints, have their doubts.

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Firearms Training a Sobering Lesson

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Training, Shooting, Crime, Police, Connecticut, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Given how difficult hitting the target in police-action shootings is for law enforcement officers who are highly trained, it seems clear that more guns, in more inexperienced hands, are not likely to improve tense situations.

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DynCorp Audit Finds Poor Controls On Millions Of Dollars In Afghan Police Program

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Christine Spolar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Defense Contract Audit Agency, US Military, Afghanistan, Afghan, Dyncorp, US, Dyncorp Audit, Cost, Afghan National Police, Spending, Defense Contractors, Police Training, Department of Defence, Politics News

The private contractor that trains the Afghan police force, a U.S. military program long criticized for wasting money, has failed to document millions...

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Blackwater, Now Xe, Vying For $1 Billion Contract To Train Afghan National Police

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Pentagon, Police Force, Security Contractors, Afghan National Police, Department of Defense, US Military, Afghanistan, Blackwater, Kabul, Police Training, Anp, Afghan Police, Video, Politics News

"Blackwater Worldwide's legal woes haven't dimmed the company's prospects in Afghanistan, where it's a contender to be a key part of President Barack ...

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Iraqi Police Contract Flaws Raise Questions About Afghan Effort

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inspector General, White House, Afghanistan, US State Department, Defense Department@Y:Politics, Iraqi Police, Dyncorp, Audit, Report, Police Training, Reconstruction Contracts, Obama, Stuart W. Bowen Jr, Iraq, Afghan Police, Iraq Contracts, Politics News

By Christine SpolarHuffington Post Investigative Fund In a report that offers lessons for the growing war in Afghanistan, the inspector general overs...

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