The U.S. and Costa Rica Begin Training Program to Professionalize Police Forces 

San Jose – May 17, 2010 

U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew and Costa Rican Minister of Public Security Jose Maria Tijerino attended the opening ceremony of the five-day training seminar for top and mid level leaders of the ministry. 

This seminar is the first step of a larger four-year training program that aims to professionalize Costa Rica’s police forces. The training is being conducted by the Miami-Boston Group (MBG) and will give participants the philosophy and techniques of community policing to solve common police problems.

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