Embassy Events
Ambassador Presents Certificates to Anti-Terrorist Course Participants
May 18, 2007
The United States Department of State - Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program conducted a course on “Interdicting Terrorist Activities” at the Police Academy of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs BiH. Participants from five different law enforcement organizations (Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina Police, SIPA, Republika Srpska Police, Sarajevo PD and State Border Service) took part in this course. The course started on Monday, May 7th, 2007 and closed on Friday, May 18th, 2007 with a presentation of certificates.
United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Douglas McElhaney, Dean of Police Academy in Sarajevo Taib Spahic and ATA Instructor Mark Lloyd presented certificates to course participants.
This course is classroom based and teaches methods of interdicting and preventing acts of terrorism. Training focused on effective investigative techniques to defeat international or domestic terrorism. The course presented systematic processes and procedures that can be used to conduct terrorism related investigations.