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IRVING, TEXAS – September 7, 2005
– The United States Department of State has awarded DynCorp
International a contract to train, equip, and build the capacity of the
police forces in Afghanistan. The potential value of the award is
$117,236,158 for the first year and $85,275,734 and $87,487,630,
respectively, for two option years. This is a follow-on award for
DynCorp International, which has been training police in Afghanistan
since 2003.
The training is aimed at increasing the overall
ability of the National Police, Border Police, and Highway Patrol in
Afghanistan to provide police presence, improve public security, and
support the rule of law. The U.S. program focuses on basic-skills
training for existing police and basic training for new and
lower-ranked police. It also provides equipment and assistance with
administrative reform.
The training, to be held in centers
throughout the country, consists of basic policing skills, policing in
a democracy, and developing trainers among experienced Afghan police
officers. Subjects include first aid, human rights, establishing and
protecting crime scenes, traffic control, evidence chain-of-custody,
investigations, interviewing techniques, treatment of suspects,
applicable laws, and defensive tactics.
The contract also
calls for the development and repair of facilities and provision of
equipment and supplies for the Afghan police, whose infrastructure is
chronically underdeveloped and was largely destroyed during 25 years of
conflict.
“We are happy to be selected to continue the work we
have started in training and equipping the police in Afghanistan,” said
Stephen J. Cannon, DynCorp International CEO. “We have dedicated,
capable law-enforcement professionals from all over the country who are
doing extraordinary work teaching modern policing skills and
transmitting democratic values in Afghanistan. It is truly gratifying
for our company to be able to make such a contribution to the welfare
of the Afghan people and to the security of the United States.”
DynCorp
International is a leading professional services and project-management
firm serving governments, corporations, and international organizations
worldwide. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, it has more than 14,000
employees in some 35 countries. It has its origins in 1946 with the
founding of the company subsequently known as Dynalectron Corporation
and later as DynCorp. It had revenues of nearly $2 billion in the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2005.
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