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TRAINING CENTER
To
support the growth of trained APPF guards, the Ministry
of Interior established the APPF Training Center (ATC)
in Kabul Province. The ATC teaches three programs of
instruction: Basic Static Guard, Convoy and Personal
Security Detail.
The
current Basic Static Guard course at the ATC is three
weeks in length with 74 objectives. The following are
major areas of study within the Program of Instruction:
Self defense, arrest procedures, body searches, handling
the baton and handcuffing, handling the radio, firearms
instruction (AK-47), first aid, static guard basics,
basic police tactics, Islamic relations, basic knowledge
on access-egress points, operating vehicles check
points, conducting vehicle search searches at a
checkpoint, firefighting basics, IED and mine awareness,
dealing with discovered explosives before the proper
authorities take over and after an explosion before the
proper authorities take over.
The
ATC’s current maximum training capacity is 220 Average
Daily Student Load (ADSL), but the capacity is expected
to grow to 500 ADSL by March 2012. In an effort to
increase the training capacity, the first APPF “Train
the Trainer” course was completed in July 2011,
graduating 44 Afghan National Police trainers. The APPF
is also working to establish mobile training teams to
expand APPF training capability.
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