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Training of police on green border observation
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the French Embassy organized a practical training course on green border observation in mountainous area for border police officers, special police and forensic investigators from 9 October to 19 October 2017. The training course, which was delivered by experts from the Chamonix-Mountainous Rescue Team (C.R.S.) within the French Police, covered various topics, including orientation, rescue and climbing techniques, as well as communication skills in mountainous areas.
Police officers getting instructions from the trainer during the OSCE-supported training on green border observation, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017. (OSCE/Gabor Kemeny)
Trainer from the Chamonix-Mountainous team within the French Police instructs the police officers on rescue and climbing techniques, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017 (OSCE/Afrim Bajrami)
Border police officers practicing what they learned during the OSCE-supported training on green border observation, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017. (OSCE/Afrim Bajrami)
Police officers exercising safe downhill as part of the OSCE-supported training on green border observation, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017. (OSCE/Afrim Bajrami)
Participants watch the trainer showing how to use rope for going safely downhill as part of the training supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017. (OSCE/Afrim Bajrami)
Border police officers practicing one of the exercise learned during the OSCE-supported training on green border observation, Vodno mountain, 12 October 2017. (OSCE/Afrim Bajrami)