05/05/20
The MYPOL project has worked on equipping and modernizing facilities to improve officers' learning
Reform of facilities
The Myanmar Police Force, MPF, has opened new spaces in which to work on police training. There are three facilities: the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and the Police Security Command
(PSC) training facilities in Yangon and the Zee Pin Gyi Police Officer Training Institute near Mandalay. All three spaces now have modernized classrooms that meet the standards for high-quality adult learning .
The improvements have been carried out thanks to the project “Support for Reform of the Myanmar Police” (MYPOL) . The project is funded by the European Union and managed by the FIIAPP, and its objective is to contribute to a more preventive and professional approach on the part of the forces of law and order.
With the works to improve the facilities, MYPOL seeks to ensure that it will have a lasting impact after the project is completed. The new spaces will improve the way officers are trained and meet the needs of a modernized police force. Thanks to the reforms, MPF officers will have access to the latest technological learning aids.
This equipment will also allow officers to take their training more dynamically and realistically . At CID facilities, a jewellery store and an apartment have been simulated for officers to practise the necessary investigative skills in different settings . For its part, the Zee Pin Gyi facility will have a standardized classroom and simulations of an apartment, several houses and simulation of road traffic accidents.
The simulations will give officers experience in completely realistic situations. This teaching method is complemented by instruction manuals reinforcing the project’s action in defence of human rights and the promotion of women’s peace and security. Each of the three facilities will also have a physical library and a digital library with documents developed by MYPOL.
In the current situation of health crisis, improving the facilities and equipment of the MPF will also make it possible to attend more efficiently to citizens’ needs deriving from COVID-19.
