By U.S. Army Spc. William Jones
133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment |
SULYMANIA, Iraq, April 18, 2006 — Sixty-three Iraqi recruits graduated from the Sulymania Training Center and earned the right to be called police officers following a morning ceremony April 13, 2006.
The training center, operated jointly by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and Coalition Forces, teaches the recruits police science, weapons, self-defense, drill and ceremony, and military courtesy in a ten-week course.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Peterson, civilian police assistance training team commander, Gen. Mousaff, deputy minister of interior, and other high-ranking officials from the Kurdistan region attended the graduation ceremony.
Peterson personally congratulated the honor graduates during the ceremony by presenting them with certificates of achievement.
The graduates marched twice around the parade field and saluted the dignitaries, much like a military “pass in review,” as a brass band played the Iraqi and Kurdish anthems. The graduates then demonstrated some of the search and seizure techniques they learned during their tenure at the academy.
The ceremony ended with the graduating class passing the academy colors to the incoming class. Once the ceremony was over, the new officers changed out of their blue on blue
police uniforms and quickly left the academy grounds to rejoin their families. The graduates are from the city of |
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| Maj. Gen. Joseph Peterson, civilian police academy training team commander, salutes an honor graduate from the Sulymania Training Center. U.S. Army photo |
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Bayji and will soon be added to the roles of the Bayji Police Department.
The Sulymania Training Center is open to all Iraqis who want to become police officers and who can pass the entry requirements. The class that graduated today is the third to successfully complete the training this year. |
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