The carabinieri of the Italian Military Mission in Libya (MIL), coming from the 2 ^ Mobile Brigade, trained the police and border guards (border guard). The activity, which began in November 2012, is carried out towards young people who want to contribute to the reconstruction of the country.
A team of twelve students carried out a course aimed at the use of fighting techniques in inhabited centers and in particular in the mopping up of homes. In the course of the final exercise, an inspection of a building consisting of numerous houses was carried out, which ended with the arrest of a criminal. There are just over 100 trained border guard soldiers and about 500 national police (including diplomatic police) since the beginning of the activity.
Nine officers from the archaeological sites of Tripoli and Sabratha instead attended a two-week tourist police course. The training of this course aimed at preparing agents for the defense of the sites, for the control and arrest of criminals and for the inspection on the occasion of crimes committed against the protected assets.
The February 13 course ended in favor of the diplomatic police. A class of 26 students carried out a four-week training exercise in the handling of weapons, in the techniques of search and arrest, execution of checkpoints and VIP protection. The diplomatic police was born in January 2013 and has the main task of protecting the embassies. During the final exercise the accompanying of a VIP at a conference, the attack and the subsequent reaction of the escort was simulated. In total, 50 Agents have been trained.
Source: SMD
