Basic Police Officers Course

This course, offered by a partner institution, counts toward the classroom instruction requirement of the Peace Operations Training Institute COTIPSO programme.

Provider State Police College of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Dates 2008-11-17 to 2008-11-28
Location Wertheim, Germany
Language of instruction en

Course description

This two-week course is intended for trainees with no previous mission experience. The aim of the course is to familiarise participants with the basic elements required for a professional and effective deployment of police officers in the context of civilian crises management operations.

Police officers will have adequate training to ensure that they:
- posses the professional qualifications and personal skills to accomplish tasks required of them as members of a multinational police force in the context of a civil management operation;
- posses a working knowledge of other international organisations, their rules, functions, mandates, legal framework and the regulations and procedures;
- are familiar with the possible operational risk situations, health risks and other dangers which may be encountered during missions, also be aware of alternative courses of action appropriate to a particular situation and have basic first-aid skills; and
- know some stress-management techniques and are able to put them into practise to help themselves and others.

Students should have at least 5 years of service after completing State Police College.

More information

For more information, visit this course’s Web page.

Contact

Detective Senior Chief Superintendent Bernhard MERTN

State Police College of Baden-Wuerttemberg
EU Center of Excellence
Head Wertheim Branch and Office for Police Missions Abroad
John-F.-Kennedy-Strasse
97877 Wertheim
Germany

Email address: gpa@akadpol.bwl.de
Telephone number: 0049 (0) 9342 / 900-0 Ext. 230
Facsimile number: 0049 (0) 9342 / 900-295