Twenty Five members from Rwanda National Police, Rwanda Defense Forces and the Civil Aviation Authority yesterday started five day training on airport crisis management.
The training aims at equipping airport unit officers with skills to enable them effectively maintain security at airports.
The training is conducted by Rwanda National Police in conjunction with Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA).
Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority’s Director General Richard Masozera noted, “In recent years, the aviation industry has seen the emergence of worldwide attacks against the safety and security of the travelling public, airports, aircraft and aviation workers”.
Masozera added that these acts against civil aviation can be thwarted by developing aviation security programs, measures and procedures.
Emphasizing the need for the training, Justus Nyunja, the Aviation Security regional officer and a facilitator from the International Civil Aviation Organization observed that a country’s security can be easily frustrated by terrorists from a neighboring country if there are no mechanisms put in place to detect them.
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