“During this period, 15,000 Pakistani law enforcement officials were trained by US instructors,” he told journalists at a briefing held at the US embassy in Islamabad. “Another 600 prosecutors and 100 correction officials also received training in their respective fields,” he added.
During his stay, Brownfield held meetings with top police officials from Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa along with officials from the interior ministry. He discussed ways and means to explore new avenues to increase Pakistan-US cooperation in fighting organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking and other challenges faced by law enforcement agencies.
About the possibility of resuming the training of Frontier Corps personnel – suspended by Islamabad following the Salala incident in November 2011 – Brownfield said it has to be decided by the government of Pakistan.
Earlier, he inaugurated the joint police training centre in Nowshera alongside K-P Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
‘’The US is proud to support efforts to improve citizens’ security and enhance police capacity in K-P,” he said in his opening speech to law enforcement officials at the training centre.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2014.
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