Bagram Airmen provide training to Afghan police

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  • By Tech. Sgt. James Law
  • 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) --  Approximately one dozen Afghan National Police from several districts gathered in the Processing Coordination Center at the Parwan Provincial ANP Headquarters in the Charikar district April 22 to receive training.

Airmen assigned to the Bagram Police Technical Advisory Team provided the training focused on community policing and conducting field interviews.

"The purpose of this training is to test and assess the level of knowledge they have with community policing and the field interview process," said Tech. Sgt. Christopher Padron, NCO-in-charge at the Bagram PTAT.

Sergeant Padron said one of the goals of the training was to provide the attendees with a different perspective about interacting with the people.

"All too often, they have to respond to suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices," said Sergeant Padron. "The field interview is not always done because of hostile acts."

The training covered how to approach a person, the distance between the officer and the subject known as the reactionary gap, and information gathering.

Abdul Rahim, the training officer for the Salang District ANP, said the information he will take away from the training is how to talk to people when they go out to the villages.

"The ANP is the eye of the people," said Mr. Rahim. "We need to have good habits and good contact with the people."

Mr. Rahim explained he thought the training was helpful and wanted to take what he learned back to his district to teach the younger soldiers.

After the classroom instruction, members of the ANP, Bagram PTAT and Parwan Police Mentoring Team jointly patrolled the bazaar, interacting with local merchants.

"This gives us the opportunity to develop a relationship with the ANP and for each of us to gain a better understanding of what they encounter as well as for them to see how we operate," said Sergeant Padron.

The Bagram PRT has completed more than $18 million worth of construction projects, delivered more than 80 tons of humanitarian aid and provided mentorship for provincial and district leaders and the Afghan National Police.

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