Iraqi Police Working Independently
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" WASHINGTON, March 22, 2007 – The 200,000 coalition-trained Iraqi policemen and women are an independent force, a top military official told reporters at the Pentagon today.
The force is composed of 135,000 provincial policemen in Iraq’s 18
provinces, 24,000 national policemen focused mainly on Baghdad
security, and more than 30,000 employees of the Department of Border
Enforcement, which polices the country’s ports of entry and border
forts.
"From
what I see here on the ground, they are in charge, … and we are making
progress," said Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hunzeker, the commanding general
of the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team.
Hunzeker, who
previously served on the Joint Staff and commanded the 1st Infantry
Division as it returned to the United States from Germany, assumed
control of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s CPATT in
October.
Since 2003, Hunzeker said, coalition forces have
built or refurbished nearly 500 police stations, 21 national police and
emergency response units, 272 border sites, and 11 of the 13 academy
sites.
