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Egypt Training
Almost all commissioned officers were graduates of the Police
College at Cairo. All police had to complete a three-month course
at the college. The Police College was established in 1896 under
British influence. It had developed into a modern institution
equipped with laboratory and physical-training facilities. The
police force also sent some officers abroad for schooling. From the
mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the force sent most of its overseas
students to training institutions in the Soviet Union. By the early
1980s, the force starting sending student officers for training in
Western countries.
The curriculum of the Police College included security
administration, criminal investigation, military drills, civil
defense, fire fighting, forensic medicine, communications,
cryptology, first aid, sociology, anatomy, and the French and
English languages. Political orientation, public relations, and
military subjects (such as infantry and cavalry training),
marksmanship, leadership, and field exercises were also included.
Graduates of the two-year program received a bachelor of police
studies degree and were commissioned first lieutenants. Advanced
officer training was given at the college's Institute for Advanced
Police Studies, completion of which was required for advancement
beyond the rank of lieutenant colonel. The college conducted its
three-month course for enlisted ranks in a military atmosphere but
emphasized police methods and techniques.
Data as of December 1990
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