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Upcoming Alumni Event in Abuja Are you an RTC alumnus based in Abuja? Will you be interested in attending an Alumni event? The RTC plans to host its maiden alumni event in Abuja next month. This event presents a unique opportunity for RTC alumni to share success stories and best practices which ... Read More

Our favorite newsletter segment is our Success Story corner- we love hearing success stories which show the added value of our training, on your law enforcement careers. This month, we’d like to share a story from an alumnus who attended our Interviewing Techniques course last year. Quite a... Read More

As radicalization to violent extremism continues to occur in prison settings, it is important for all actors in the criminal justice system to understand WHY prisons may encourage this progression and HOW to manage and prevent it. We are excited to share resources from an RTC instructor for those... Read More

At the end of the “Managing Violent Extremists in Prisons’’ course, we engaged one of the Ghanaian participants who had previously attended training in 2016. He works with the Ghana Prisons Service as a Welfare and Operations Officer and he was happy to share his experience with... Read More

Last month the RTC hosted participants from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria for a Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Small Arms Trafficking course.  It was a pleasure to host instructors from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) facilitate the course session. The instructor... Read More

This month, we received an email from an alumna who attended the “Leadership for Women in Law Enforcement Training Program” in December 2017. Madam Henrietta works with the Ghana Immigration Service as the Officer-in-Charge of the Enforcement Unit in the one of the Regional Commands. ... Read More

The year’s end always brings with it a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Twelve months have passed quickly. The RTC program keeps expanding its training opportunities and course offerings each year. We count it a major feat to have successfully hosted over twenty-seven courses made up of ... Read More

It has been a great pleasure keeping you updated on the RTC and sending along useful information for your careers. We appreciate everyone who took time to read and give us feedback on all our efforts. We head into the New Year feeling very positive about the future of law enforcement in Africa, a... Read More

Last month, the RTC team, led by the Director embarked on a trip to Abuja, Nigeria. Part of the RTC’s mission is to provide a mechanism to continuously build law enforcement networks to combat transnational organized crime. To achieve this, the RTC needs support and buy-in from our local co... Read More

October was a fairly busy month at the RTC. We successfully ran four different trainings ranging from investigative to leadership themes which presented novel experiences for the RTC team. The first course dealt with how to properly investigate public corruption cases. It was a lively class made... Read More

Over the years, the RTC has had the pleasure of facilitating tailor-made training to a wide variety of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals. It always gives us great joy to know that participants walk out of the RTC facility with great satisfaction. This satisfaction can be attribut... Read More

Mr. Nightingale at the RTC during the CVE Community Policing Course We are pleased to feature one of INL’s Program Officers to the RTC Program - Mr. Nightingale. It was a pleasure to host him during our recent Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Course and engage him in a conversation on ... Read More

RTC Director (left) with Ms Snyder (middle) and Mr. Felker (right) This month, the RTC was privileged to host the Office Director from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Anti-crime Program Office in Washington DC – Ms. Snyder.... Read More

The RTC program continues to expand its program offerings and training opportunities. We are proud to have successfully coordinated over twenty eight (28) courses with instructor teams from over ten (10) different law enforcement agencies, with a growing alumni database of over three thousand fiv... Read More

The New Year is here and many people will make resolutions that while verbalized, never gain traction. Let us resolve to start off 2018 with commitments that will set the foundation for the years to come. There is the need to look toward the future to identify opportunities to maximize our potent... Read More