The Police Academy celebrated Monday the graduation of the fifth group of the fourth edition of Police Officers of Tomorrow programme (summer 2023) in the presence of HE the President of National Cyber Security Agency, engineer Abdul Rahman bin Ali al-Farahid al-Maliki, alongside a contingent of officers and officials at the Ministry of Interior.
The graduation ceremony was punctuated by a wide range of skilful shows performed by the program graduates in substantiation of police and security programme, such as self-defence skills, handling some security situations by policemen, civil defence operations, marksmanship, and use of rifle.
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, deputy director of the Police Academy and director of the Police College Lt Col Fahd Saeed al-Subaie said that the organisation of this 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 programme’s idea is based on investing in leisure times better during summer vacations.
He pointed out that the programme is based on underpinnings of consolidating values of citizenship and patriotism for young people, bolster their personal skills, build 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 trainings 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 programme also co-operates with Shafallah Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Orphans Care Centre (Dreama) and Protection, along with Social Rehabilitation Centre (AMAN).
