R 040952Z FEB 10

FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0133

UNCLAS CAIRO 000157 SENSITIVE SIPDIS

SUBJECT: RESUMPTION OF U.S.-FUNDED POLICE
TRAINING PROGRAM

REF: 09 CAIRO 1778; 09 CAIRO 1229; 09 CAIRO 892;

09 CAIRO 694 09 STATE 38378

1.(U) On February 1, the U.S.-funded, human

rights-oriented police training program resumed,
following its suspension in July 2008 pending
bilateral negotiations related to the change in
funding from ESF to INCLE (reftels). The
February 1-3 three-day course focused on "Data-
based Decision Making" to train officers to make
decisions based on relevant information, as
opposed to instinct. The course also emphasized
the importance of engagement with local
communities to gain their trust, with the goal
of better serving the public and gathering crime
data more effectively. The next training course
is planned for March 23-25, and will focus on
conforming to international policing standards.
Subsequent courses are planned for May on
interview and interrogation skills, July on
appropriate use of force, and September on
community policing.

2.(SBU) At the start of the course February 1,

Interior Ministry State Security General Amr Al-
Asr addressed the 24 assembled police officers,
stressing the training's importance and
encouraging the officers to interact with the
program instructors. General Amr thanked the
Embassy and the State Department, and underlined
to the officers the importance of the U.S.-
Egyptian strategic relationship. Officers
participating in the training course are majors
and lieutenant colonels, and are from the
Interior Ministry (MOI) State Security
Investigative Service, MOI public security, MOI
anti-narcotics department, and MOI traffic
department. The officers are stationed in Cairo
and Alexandria, as well as a range of cities in
the Delta and Upper Egypt.
SCOBEY

(Edited and reformatted by Andres for ease of

reading.)