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| Kirkuk forming special police force to deal with growing security challenges |
| 2016-11-22 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Local authorities in Kirkuk are working on forming a new special police force -- up to 700 strong ‐ to augment security following the deadly ISIS attacks that killed more than 100 people last month, many of them from the security forces. The new force, to number between 500 to 700, is to be formed from existing coppers. "We have brought together a good number of coppers from the cop shoppes and checkpoints. We will form the new regiment from these coppers," Afrasyab Kamil Ways, spokesperson for Kirkuk police, told Rudaw. "The decision is that this force will be well-trained, well-armed and in full possession of all equipment needed in every aspect," he added. He said that, with the formation of the new forces, there will be 75 coppers left at every cop shoppe, a number much smaller than at present. He explained that, with the formation of the new regiment, if there are additional coppers, they will be redistributed among the cop shoppes. |
| Posted by:Fred |