Police in Kiev will receive English lessons, courtesy of the UK Embassy and other donors
A new project, Capital English, was launched to help police in Kiev learn English for free. The program was presented by the Mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, together with the Deputy Chief of the National Police, Konstantin Bushuyev, and the head of the Kiev Police, Andrei Kryschenko, UNIAN reported.
"We have launched these courses; this is just one of the police reforms, it is one more step on the path to make our city a truly European one where services are available in many languages, including the international language - English," Klitschko said.
The Mayor stated that in September 2015 the city authorities launched the Capital English project, which has become very popular among Kiev residents. And now, as part of a massive campaign of teaching English, Kiev city administration has expanded the project to include the National Police in order to improve the level of English of all key employees of the police departments in Kiev.
“The project was launched as part of a pilot training course – a year long course of English for the ‘102’ service of the capital, so that when a foreign guest calls ‘102’ service, the law enforcement officers will be able to provide high quality services,” Klitschko said.
"We are implementing the Capital English project for police officers, which will make the Kiev police, not just contemporary, which they already are, but even more approachable and help it meet international standards. We will be happy if our men and women will be proficient in English and be able to provide foreigners with a high quality service," Klitschko said.
Around 200 police officers will take part in the first phase of the training course, mostly operators of the ‘102’ service, and duty-inspectors, Kryschenko said. During the second phase, police officers serving in the investigative and operational groups will participate and during the third stage the program will be offered to other employees of the National Police.
The program will be financed by donations from the British Embassy and other international organizations.