OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports study tour to Austria for officials from police-dog training centre

A five-day OSCE-supported study tour to Austria’s Federal Police Dog Training Centre in Bad Kreuzen by eight mid- and low-level officials from the K-9 police-dog training  centre of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry concluded on 18 December 2015.

The visit was organized by Austria’s Federal Ministry of Interior in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and focused on diversifying the training capabilities of service dogs as well as methods to build inter-agency and international co-operation in this sphere.

There were also training sessions to acquaint the Tajik officials with the Austrian methods of training dogs for searching drugs, explosives as well as tracking dead bodies.

“Austrian methods and approaches to training dogs will serve as a fundamental principle for providing the basic training of service dogs in Tajikistan,” said Tajik Police Captain and Senior Instructor of the K-9 Centre, Iskandarsho Boronov.

Participants also visited police-dog training centres in Laakirchen and Linz to share experiences with their Austrian counterparts.