U.S. Ambassador Attends ISF Graduation
October 25, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly joined Internal Security Forces (ISF) Brigadier General Ibrahim Basbous in congratulating graduates of the community policing training program. The 131 graduates completed a joint U.S.-ISF eight-week training course taught by U.S. and Lebanese police instructors with the assistance of legal professionals. ISF officers learn the latest policing, law enforcement, and community relations skills and how to implement them effectively in real situations.
In her remarks, Ambassador Connelly stated "I know this is a difficult time for the ISF and for Lebanon as a whole. On behalf of the American people and myself, I would like to express our deepest sympathies and condolences to all the victims' families and colleagues. We condemn in the strongest terms the assassination of Major General Wissam al-Hassan and First Aspirant Ahmad Sahyouni."
General Hassan was a true Lebanese patriot, committed to the ISF motto of "security for the nation and the citizen." He was instrumental in helping to protect and insulate Lebanon from those who would seek to undermine its security and stability and export the violence in Syria to its doors. The Ambassador shared her confidence that the graduates will honor General Hassan's memory through their own dedication and commitment to the mission of the ISF.
The community policing model promotes the development of partnerships between law enforcement and the Lebanese people and institutions they serve in order to increase trust and confidence in the police and address the underlying causes of crime by developing solutions to problems facing the community at large.
The United States' $132 million multi-year law enforcement assistance program in Lebanon is designed to support reform in the Lebanese law enforcement sector by strengthening the capacity of the ISF to enforce the rule of law in Lebanon and to protect the Lebanese people. A professional and responsive police force also strengthens Lebanon's sovereignty, independence and stability. The U.S. assistance program strengthens the ISF and is part of the overall U.S. security assistance program to Lebanon. Since 2008, U.S. instruction teams have trained over 8,500 ISF members.
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly joined Internal Security Forces (ISF) Brigadier General Ibrahim Basbous in congratulating graduates of the community policing training program. The 131 graduates completed a joint U.S.-ISF eight-week training course taught by U.S. and Lebanese police instructors with the assistance of legal professionals. ISF officers learn the latest policing, law enforcement, and community relations skills and how to implement them effectively in real situations.
In her remarks, Ambassador Connelly stated "I know this is a difficult time for the ISF and for Lebanon as a whole. On behalf of the American people and myself, I would like to express our deepest sympathies and condolences to all the victims' families and colleagues. We condemn in the strongest terms the assassination of Major General Wissam al-Hassan and First Aspirant Ahmad Sahyouni."
General Hassan was a true Lebanese patriot, committed to the ISF motto of "security for the nation and the citizen." He was instrumental in helping to protect and insulate Lebanon from those who would seek to undermine its security and stability and export the violence in Syria to its doors. The Ambassador shared her confidence that the graduates will honor General Hassan's memory through their own dedication and commitment to the mission of the ISF.
The community policing model promotes the development of partnerships between law enforcement and the Lebanese people and institutions they serve in order to increase trust and confidence in the police and address the underlying causes of crime by developing solutions to problems facing the community at large.
The United States' $132 million multi-year law enforcement assistance program in Lebanon is designed to support reform in the Lebanese law enforcement sector by strengthening the capacity of the ISF to enforce the rule of law in Lebanon and to protect the Lebanese people. A professional and responsive police force also strengthens Lebanon's sovereignty, independence and stability. The U.S. assistance program strengthens the ISF and is part of the overall U.S. security assistance program to Lebanon. Since 2008, U.S. instruction teams have trained over 8,500 ISF members.
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