January 29, 2007

Iraqi Police Learn Law, Tolerance


BAGHDAD — A U.S. military police brigade deployed in Baghdad is teaching Iraqi Police about democratic principles such as tolerance in addition to law enforcement skills, the unit’s commander said Friday.

“Our fundamental role here is to support the Iraqi Security Forces as the Iraqi government moves forward towards securing the populace,” Army Col. Michael S. Galloucis, commander of the 89th Military Police Brigade, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-telecast news conference.

Galloucis said his unit is focused on training local Iraqi police and not the national police, which are instructed by other Coalition forces.
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(Photo: 2nd Lt. Ryan Swinford, from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment from the Florida Army National Guard, talks with Iraqi police officers at one of their stations in Tal Afar, Iraq. Swinford is part of a Police Transition Team, which works daily to train Iraqi police forces to operate autonomously. U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Daniel Bearl, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs.)

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