Turkey and Kenya are in talks for the former to train the East African nation’s police force to fight crimes including terrorism which poses a major security threat. The Turkish delegation will be in Kenya for four days visiting various police divisions to see where improvements are needed.
A high-level delegation from Turkey met with top officials from the Kenya National Police Service to discuss the particulars of the training. The Turkish group included Alper Ozdemir, first-class police chief at Police Vocational School, and Erkin Tanrikulu, a second-class security director, and vice-president security general.
In the presence of Turkey’s ambassador to Kenya, both sides agreed to work together, especially on specialized Turkish courses on criminal investigation, crisis management, anti-terrorism, organized crime, car theft, and other many different areas.
The training offered across the world by Turkey that will be extended to Kenya’s police force includes courses in basic intelligence, pedestrian and mobile tracking, counter-terrorism, organized crime, shooting techniques and tactics, car theft, guarding VIPs, police training, police defense tactics, intelligence in combating global terrorism, crisis/hostage negotiation, protecting important premises against terrorism, and cybercrimes.
