Strategic Capacity Group (SCG) implemented a comprehensive training and mentoring program in Liberia for the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). The project worked closely with the Liberia National Police Training Academy and used SCG’s Academies of Excellence design framework to assess and address fundamental structural, institutional, content, and capacity gaps of Liberia’s three primary policing and security services—the Liberia National Police (LNP), the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), and the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS).

Strategic Capacity Group supported Mali’s National Police, National Guard, National Gendarmerie, and Civil Protection training institutions to equip their law enforcement personnel with the knowledge and skills to meet the complex and evolving security needs of Mali’s government and citizens. With the goal of transforming Mali’s law enforcement training academies, SCG pursued a systemic approach to comprehensively address fundamental structural, institutional, content, and capacity gaps of Mali’s four policing and security services, including developing the political will and capabilities for coordination and interoperability.

Decades of violence, regional instability, and successive coups in the Central African Republic (CAR) led to a weak central government and the collapse of CAR’s criminal justice institutions. In 2013, armed rebels seized the capital, Bangui, leading to a series of attacks and counter attacks against civilians that ushered a humanitarian crisis. A new president elected in 2016 declared security, justice, and economic development as top priorities. But violence continued, and the central government struggled to provide effective security. CAR’s law enforcement had been historically under-resourced and received minimal institutional development. Most CAR law enforcement officers had not received basic training or instruction in core functions, such as human resources, logistical support, and budgeting. Strategic Capacity Group’s Academies of Excellence Program, Professionalizing the Next Generation of Law Enforcement in CAR, was designed to support CAR’s civilian security forces, train rank-and-file officers, supervisors, and senior executives, mentor trainees to reinforce acquired skills, establish a continuous training program, and measure the results of the training.

As a leading police organization in the Western Hemisphere, the Colombian National Police (CNP) actively works to constantly improve its service, while also sharing its knowledge with regional counterparts across Latin America and the Caribbean. Efforts are underway to continue improving the basic and in-service training of professional/technical police personnel to enable the CNP to meet the safety and security needs of Colombia and its citizens.

Strategic Capacity Group supported Tunisia’s law enforcement training academies to align with their missions following the Arab Spring (2016-2017) by conducting a strategic assessment of the entire training system, including management and oversight of training, institutional learning, pedagogy, and curricula. Working in close partnership with law enforcement training stakeholders, SCG identified gaps and developed solutions to help Tunisia’s National Police and National Guard better meet the security needs of its citizens.