Wednesday, April 9, 2008, Rabi-ul-Sani 2,1429    

French master trainers brief IG NH&MP on training

Staff Reporter

Islamabad—The two French Police Trainers, who were on a three-week visit to Pakistan, have provided training to 35 Police Officers of National Highways & Motorway Police.

Maurice Blanc, Commandant Police College, Leon (France) presented a detailed report on training process to IG, NH&MP Muhammad Raffat Pasha. Mr. Jean Paul Perret, Trainer and Liaison Officer on Police of French Embassy were also present on the occasion. While giving the briefing,

Maurice Blanc said that at first they studied the whole working policing system of NH&MP and then they chalked out their training techniques. He said that most complicated thing was to handle accident and after-accident issues, which we have given the detailed briefing to 35 master trainers of NH&MP. The French Trainers suggested that the crush barriers of Motorway is highly unsafe due to short height and suggested that its height may be increased in double, so that in case of any accident the vehicle of one side should not cross road.
He also stated they have trained the NH&MP staff with modern techniques in handling the traffic jams and in case of any accident in bad weather condition i.e. fog and rain etc. He also briefed that they have given the modern techniques on road safety issues and to save the lives of the commuters in case of any accident. He further added that they also provided training on handling the dangerous goods vehicles and intervention techniques to control the traffic jams through motorbikes.

The Inspector General, NH&MP thanked the two French Police Trainers on providing training to master trainers of NH&MP. The IG, NH&MP said that some one hundred officers would go to France for getting advance Police training.