Visiting police officers from around the world with North Yorkshire Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell

Bramshill, Hampshire, November 4, 2008 – POLICE from around the world visited their North Yorkshire counterparts this week as part of a three-day training course.

The senior police officers visited the region as part of an International Commanders' Training Course.

Nine delegates from Beirut to the Bahamas came over to the UK for a ten-week course based at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in Bramshill, Hampshire.

They visited North Yorkshire as part of a three day attachment to learn about UK policing practices and structure.

The officers spent time with various departments including the control room, the roads[correct] policing group, the firearms unit, the automatic number plate recognition unit and the York safer neighbourhoods team.

Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell, said: "It's a pleasure to provide our international colleagues with the opportunity to discover how a UK force works. It also helps build international relationships, which helps immensely when faced with modern policing challenges.

"While our force areas are all very different in nature, and all pose different policing challenges and issues, sharing knowledge and best practice enables us all to work more effectively within our own environment."

Delegates attending the course include senior officers equivalent in rank to UK Chief Inspectors and Superintendents. They are from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, Beirut , Abu Dhabi , Kenya , Somaliland , Libya and Ghana .

Source: Northern Echo