http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-to-help-india-face-new-security-challenges/article5035558.ece
By SANDEEP JOSHI
The Hindu
NEW DELHI
August 18, 2013
Washington has agreed to throw open its specialised agencies for advanced
training in a range of skills
Three months after the U.S.-India Homeland Security Dialogue in
Washington, India is all set to send its officers to various agencies
across American federal organisations to sharpen their skills and acquire
new ones to fight terrorism.
Indian officials and security officers would soon be visiting the U.S. for
training in an array of courses — from cyber security, megacity policing
and forensics, to critical infrastructure protection, financial terrorism
and anti-terrorism intelligence.
The U.S. government has agreed to give Indian officers access to its
specialised agencies under the Department of Homeland Security,
particularly the Georgia-headquartered Federal Law Enforcement Training
Centres (FLETC), to help them deal with the changing face of international
terrorism.
“The dialogue between Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in Washington in May this
year paved the way for this cooperation... Through these specialised
training programmes, India will gradually build an army of experts who can
handle new technologies and mechanism to deal with various kinds of
terrorism and anti-national activities,” a senior Home Ministry official
told The Hindu.
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