According to the official commissioner, who spoke in Benguela at the opening ceremony of the Second National Conference on the Training of Police Women, depending on the country’s current context, officers are required to improve their knowledge, given the needs of public security.
Along these lines, he informed, in obedience to the cooperation of the general commanders of the Southern African Police and the Angolan Police Women’s Network (REMPA), the National Police scheduled the holding of the aforementioned Conference, with the aim of increasing the professionalism of female personnel.
“Currently, the National Police, in its staff, has 17 thousand and 262 female personnel, which represents 14 percent of its forces”, he said. Of these, 14 thousand and 597 carry out direct operational actions.
The illustrated figures, according to Ferreirade Andrade, represent a challenge for female police officers to feel attracted to permanent access to training, to enhance skills and competencies, aiming at the stability of their professional career, both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view.
The Second National Conference on the Training of Police Women kicked off this Sunday, in the city of Benguela, with around a thousand participants from the different command bodies of the country’s eighteen provinces.
During the training, taking place from the 26th to the 30th of November at the Baía Farta Police Academy under the motto: “For effective and efficient police action, let us train female police officers”, 48 topics will be introduced taught by 45 national and foreign lecturers, according to police sources.
ANGOP also found that the objectives of the training include the elevation of police attitudes, aiming at their permanent professional affirmation, so that they are able to align their strategies with those defined by SADC and the National Police, in all dimensions.
It also aims to improve the testimony of female police officers in carrying out their activities, applying technical and technological procedures according to specific situations, in favor of the safety of citizens.
To enrich the event, the female police officers demonstrated their skills, with interventions from the canine brigade, cavalry, auto, Rapid Intervention Police, among other specialties.
The National Police Music Band was also present, singing the well-known song “the boys around the fire”, a poem by Manuel Rui Monteiro set to music by Rui Mingas.
A folkloric group from the province of Huíla, made up of two squadron commanders, performed the “Nhengã” dance, drawing lots of applause from the audience.
Among those present, highlights include the President of REMPA, Chief Commissioner Elisabeth Rank Frank, and the Regional Coordinator of the Police Women’s Network of the Harare Bureau (Zimbabwe), Evenjoyce Dove.
The first conference of its kind was held in Luanda, in 2018, with the participation of one thousand and 74 women.TC/CRB