DOHA: The Police Academy celebrated on Monday the graduation of the fifth group of the fourth edition of the Police Officers of Tomorrow summer 2023 programme in the presence of the President of the National Cyber Security Agency HE Eng Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al Farahid Al Maliki, alongside a contingent of officers and officials at the Ministry of Interior.
The graduation ceremony included a wide range of skilful shows performed by the graduates in substantiation of the police and security programmes, such as self-defence skills, handling some security situations by policemen, civil defence operations, marksmanship, and use of rifles. The graduates presented an introductory scenario of Al Adeed service as one of the services offered by the Ministry of Interior through metrash2 application, along with some military and sports shows.
Commenting on this occasion, the deputy director of the Police Academy and director of the Police College Lt Col Fahd Saeed Al Subaie said that the organisation of the programme comes to consolidate the concept of societal partnership with state institutions for the proper upbringing of compatriots in the homeland to be good citizens for themselves and their homeland, outlining that the program's idea is based on investing in leisure times better during summer vacations.
He pointed out that the programme is based on the underpinnings of consolidating values of citizenship and patriotism for young people, bolstering their personal skills, building communication bridges between the college and society, in addition to spreading security awareness among cadets.
The number of participants in the programme this year reached over 2,000 cadets who have been distributed to six groups with a two-week training offered to each group, Lt Col Al Subaie said, pointing out that the training plan includes miscellaneous activities and training in infantry military, self-defence, physical fitness, air rifle marksmanship, as well as religious and cultural lectures.
Over the past month, the Police Academy celebrated the graduation of the first four groups affiliated with the programme, while the sixth and final group will be graduated next Tuesday.
The Police Officers of Tomorrow programme is organised in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Agency and the Ministry of Endowments(Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs which presented a series of educational lectures to cadets. The program also cooperates with Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities, Orphans Care Center (Dreama) and Protection, along with Social Rehabilitation Center (AMAN).
