Chinese ambassador to South Africa Lin Songtian hands over a prize medal to one excellent trainee. (Xinhua)
China's Fujian Police College has offered a two-week training for South Africa's Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department. The training is expected to help police officers better tackle crime in the city.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The two-week training that Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) received from Chinese police would play a critical role in curbing crime within the city, according to the JMPD.
JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar told Xinhua on Monday that 28 metropolitan officers were part of the intensive training from the Fujian Police College from China. They were offered training and it would help to tackle crime.
Chinese ambassador to South Africa Lin Songtian (5th from left), and Michael Sun (6th from left), Councillor and MMC for Public Safety in the City of Johannesburg, pose for a photo with the training team. (Xinhua)
"The focus of the training was to teach officers techniques in hand-to-hand combat, where officers could exercise unarmed defence and control measures when arresting suspects, as well as tactical principles on how to execute surprise moves on suspects when entering a house or a building to face armed suspects," he said.
He added that the training also included methods on how to restrain aggressive armed criminals and hijacked vehicles.
The training was offered for free, and was carried out at the premises of the University of Johannesburg as well as at the Ruimsig Stadium, he said.
