Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) assists the Government of Georgia (GOG) to improve the professionalism and operational capacity of Georgian Law Enforcement. Initiated in 1999, INL, Georgia has implemented various projects and held trainings locally and overseas. INL funds a number of implementers, including, among others, the Resident Legal Adviser (RLA-Department of Justice), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the ABA-CEELI program of the American Bar Association, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Budapest, Hungary. The Freedom Support Act (FSA), through INL, continues to fund the Law Enforcement Section (LES) at Embassy Tbilisi.

INL Implemented Projects:

• Patrol Police Communications Program
  In June 2006, the pilot stage of the Patrol Communications Program successfully came on line with the introduction of a modern server, motor vehicle registration data base, and fifteen mobile terminals in patrol vehicles. For the first time police officers have real time access in the field to data. The program will be built out in stages to increase area of coverage and depth of system (data bases for wanted persons, narcotic violations, and criminal records).


• Tetra Communications System
  In 2006, the USG completed the first phase of a communications upgrade project for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA). The project involved the installation of five TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) land mobile radio base stations covering the city of Tbilisi and surrounding area, as well as multiple handheld, desktop and vehicle mounted subscriber radios. Before the project started, the MOIA was totally dependent on analog, non-secure, non-interoperable radio communications. Phase 2, which will start in Summer 2007, will trunk the entire system and allow build-out through the entire country.
  


• Conducted Trainings
  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) training was conducted to introduce Georgian investigators of explosive related crimes and incidents to explosives, improvised explosive devices, military ordnance, post blast crime scene investigation, forensic pathology and laboratory services support. The course provided students with hands-on training by reconstructing components of an explosive device recovered through various investigative techniques, including sifting. Students had practical exercise on processing of a crime scene caused by detonation of a bomb inside a vehicle.
  
  INL with the support of ILEA, conducts trainings for Georgian Law Enforcement personnel. These trainings serve to improve professionalism and practical knowledge in law enforcement: organized crime, counter-narcotics, customs/immigrations or a related field.
  
  The Senior Police Advisor conducts tactical training as needed and requested for police instructors from the Georgian Police Academy and for Patrol Police shift supervisors in a four day “Train the Trainer” seminar. The new Georgian police instructors received both theoretical and practical exercise sessions in such subject areas such as: Suspect Searches and Handcuffing Techniques, Room, Building, Hallway and Stairwell search Techniques, High Risk vehicle Stops, Vehicle Searches and Officer Survival Skills. This training, which utilizes FBI doctrine and is well received, is on-going and will be included in the Police Academy curriculum for the Patrol Police.