Late last year, I brought this story up during the time that DynCorp was protesting the whole deal. Now it is official that DoD is taking over the project. Which is probably good, because of how much infantry related activities are involved with war time policing. That, and getting the training standardized so that police forces could be more utilitarian. The standardization process will also allow for more accurate assessments of the program, and more input from folks who are all implementing the same training. That means a more efficient learning organization, which is good. –Matt
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DoD takes over Afghan Police training after IG cites State Dept. failures
By Lisa M. NovakThursday, February 25, 2010
NAPLES, Italy — The Defense Department is taking over training of the Afghan National Police because State Department-hired trainers failed to keep pace with the growing instability in Afghanistan or address the security needs of the civilian population, according to a joint State and DOD Inspector General report released late last week.
“The ANP training program that is in place does not provide the ANP with the necessary skills to successfully fight the insurgency, and therefore, hampers the ability of DOD to fulfill its role in the emerging national strategy,” according to the report.
The report, initiated by members of the Senate Appropriations Committee last year, said the State Department failed on a number of fronts, mainly in its ability to provide training that adequately reflected the security needs of the country.
A Clinton administration-era directive gave the State Department responsibility for training civilian police forces around the world. Under that directive, the DOD transferred $1.04 billion to the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to support training programs for the ANP.