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OSCE Skopje Mission supports first aid training course for border police
SKOPJE 30 January 2006
SKOPJE, 30 January 2006 - Improving the first aid skills of border police officers is the aim of a three-week training course which starts today at the Military Hospital in Skopje.
Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations will take part in the course, initiated by the Ministries of Interior and Defence and supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
"The OSCE Mission supports different aspects of the professional development of the country's border police," said Philip Tolson, Head of the Mission's Police Development Unit.
"Since officers from the Defence and Interior Ministries often work in remote areas, it is important to enhance their knowledge and skills in first aid, both for their own safety and for the benefit of civilians who may find themselves in need of assistance."
Cane Chapragoski, the Director of the Bureau for Public Security of the Interior Ministry, thanked the OSCE Mission for supporting the course, saying: "The first aid training will not only bring the border police practices closer to international standards, but also address the specific needs in the field. Officers often work in isolated and mountainous areas which ambulances cannot reach."
More courses will be held over the next three months.
Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations will take part in the course, initiated by the Ministries of Interior and Defence and supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
"The OSCE Mission supports different aspects of the professional development of the country's border police," said Philip Tolson, Head of the Mission's Police Development Unit.
"Since officers from the Defence and Interior Ministries often work in remote areas, it is important to enhance their knowledge and skills in first aid, both for their own safety and for the benefit of civilians who may find themselves in need of assistance."
Cane Chapragoski, the Director of the Bureau for Public Security of the Interior Ministry, thanked the OSCE Mission for supporting the course, saying: "The first aid training will not only bring the border police practices closer to international standards, but also address the specific needs in the field. Officers often work in isolated and mountainous areas which ambulances cannot reach."
More courses will be held over the next three months.