US government donates 2 million more dollars to Colombian police

BOGOTÁ – Six months after the announcement of a assistance package for eight million dollarsWith a two-year projection, the INL Undersecretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Todd Robinson, representing the United States government, announced the delivery of an additional 2 million dollars to the Colombian police.

This represents “economic support that will help pave the way for the population of this beautiful country to live with dignity, peace, security and prosperity,” the official told reporters on Monday.

According to a statement from the Colombian police, the purpose of the contribution is to “strengthen technical assistance and establish a Police Standards Center, aimed at incorporating international human rights standards and ensuring that police training translates into a more efficient service. human and close to the citizen”.

The US official highlighted the “close relationship between Colombia and the United States” and stressed that “the Colombian police have been an intrinsic protagonist of this alliance and a great partner in achieving common goals in the area of ​​security and justice.”

The Undersecretary, the US Embassy in Colombia, the United Nations and the Director General of the National Police also announced the technical assistance program in Human rights.

According to Robinson, this is the beginning of a new alliance “that seeks to elevate human rights as an institutional, transversal principle within the National Police, to strengthen police knowledge of the best human rights standards, to ensure that judicial procedures are carried out with the highest respect for the citizenry and to generate greater confidence of the communities towards their police force”.

The announcement is made within the framework of the visit of a US delegation to the South American country, in which they will address issues such as anti-narcotics policy, the environment, rural development, security, peace and human rights with the Colombian government. The agenda of the visit will extend until next August 25.

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