The U.S. Government provided Royal Bahamas Police Force Officers advanced tactical training September 9-11 in Exuma.
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As
part of continuing U.S.-Bahamian bilateral cooperation under Operation
Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, the United States Embassy’s Drug Enforcement
Administration, U.S.
Coast Guard, and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs Section teamed up to provide more than twenty Royal Bahamas
Police Force officers from the Drug Enforcement and Marine Support Units
advanced tactical training from September 9-11, 2014
in Exuma.
Assistant
Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson welcomed attendees to the OPBAT
event, where officers received emergency medical training, discussed
helicopter operation
strategies, and participated in a mock drug interdiction exercise at
sea—all alongside their U.S. law enforcement counterparts. The skill
building opportunity was well received by newer officers in the drug and
marine units. It also provided important refresher
training for the more seasoned officers in the group, some of whom have
up to twenty years of experience combating drug trafficking in The
Bahamas.
“This
training shows the strong partnership and cooperation between The
Bahamas and the United States,” one officer remarked, adding that he
enjoyed getting to know
is counterparts in the training setting.
OPBAT
is a 35-year old, multi-agency, international drug interdiction effort
focused on stopping the flow of illegal drugs from South America and the
Caribbean to The
Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States. Funding
for the training was made possible through the Caribbean Basin Security
Initiative (CBSI) to combat the drug trade and other transnational
crimes that threaten regional security.
OPBAT officers receive emergency medical training September 9-11in Exuma.
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Drug Enforcement and Marine Support Unit officers participate in a mock drug interdiction exercise with their U.S. law enforcement counterparts.
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Drug Enforcement and Marine Support Unit officers participate in a mock drug interdiction exercise with their U.S. law enforcement counterparts.
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