Briton trains senior police officers in Lagos

 

Robison

Head of United Kingdom (UK), College of Policing trainers, Mr. Paul Robinson, has said that over 100 Nigeria police commanders have benefited from his home country incidents management training across the nation.

Robison said that the training, "An Incident Commanders Management Course," was aimed at training the military and other security agencies in the country.

According to him, the purpose of the course was an initiative of the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to support Nigeria in its effort to respond to crisis and meet up with international standards.

He added that the training was to make sure effective measures were put in place to systematically handle major incidents.

He said: "The course will improve the abilities of senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force, along with partner agencies at middle and senior management level to understand and apply the principles of modern incident command. The aim of the course is also to develop current senior commanders' knowledge and skills to effectively manage emergencies, crisis and major incidents.

"In achieving this aim, the course will also provide an opportunity for some officers to acquire the knowledge and skills to deliver the courses in-house. The course is designed to develop theories, models, principles and practices of major incident management required for a multi-agency approach. The course will highlight those high level competencies required for efficient and effective managements of incident occurring as a result of terrorism.” 

  

Robinson also elucidate further that the structure of the training is to understand the emergency, crisis and major incident context in Nigeria, responding to incidents and post incident responsibilities.