12.1 |
Security Sector Reform
“In the
South, this has considerable implications for military resources to
be devoted
to police
training; for our current plans, including the recently inaugurated
Basra
Regional
Police Academy; and for the significant Danish effort at present
and in
future. We
had no warning of this from CPA Baghdad (beyond a slight
reference
to such
a possibility), no subsequent information from them and no
consultation.”
510.
Sir Hilary
explained that he had come up with an action plan to adapt
the
approach
being taken in the South in such a way as to be consistent with the
instruction,
cautioning:
“It will
require an acceleration of the current building programme for the
Police
Academy and
enhanced and extended engagement by the RMP. It will not
negate
the need
for UK civil police involvement and, to enhance the civil nature of
policing,
it would be
desirable to extend this further as soon as practicable. But the
nature of
the
training programmes envisaged for the Academy will have to be
adapted.”
511.
At the Chiefs
of Staff meeting on 1 October, Lt Gen Reith was asked to
provide
an out‑of‑committee
brief on SSR, which he did the same day.454
512.
Lt
Gen Reith described the purpose of his paper as “to summarise
SSR progress
to date,
against CPA/CJTF‑7 targets for MND(SE), and estimate the
potential
development
in ISF over time”.455
He informed
readers that:
“The CPA
and CJTF‑7 tightly control SSR policy, although currently medium to
long
term plans
lack definition, an overarching SSR strategy, resources and
funding.”
513.
Lt
Gen Reith described eight separate Iraqi security
organisations, including the
NIA and the
IPS. He summarised the situation in MND(SE) as:
•
8,367
police officers had been recruited, out of a total of 11,800
planned by
December 2005.
•
400 members
of the NIA had been recruited, out of a total of 7,855 planned
by
the end of
2005.
•
840 members
of the ICDC had been recruited, out of a total of 6,720
planned
by April
2004.
•
2,500 FPS
(for critical infrastructure) had been recruited, out of a planned
total
of 4,200 by
February 2004.
•
All 4,000
planned members of local militia, to perform a “Neighbourhood
Watch”
role, had
been recruited.
454
Minutes, 1
October 2003, Chiefs of Staff meeting.
455
Minute
Reith, 1 October 2003, ‘Iraqi Security Sector Reform –
MND(SE)’.
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