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Foreign Aid: Police Training and Assistance

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 5, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-118
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Summary:

In the 1970s, Congress passed legislation prohibiting U.S. agencies from using foreign economic or military assistance funds to aid foreign police. Later, however, Congress granted many exemptions to permit assistance, such as for narcotics control and counterterrorism tactics. GAO could not determine the total extent or cost of U.S. assistance to foreign police because some agencies do not maintain such data. GAO did identify 125 countries that received U.S. training and assistance for their police forces during fiscal year 1990 at a cost of at least $117 million. Former and current U.S. government officials and academics who have been involved with assistance to foreign police forces said that headquarters guidance and coordination of such assistance are limited. Some believe that activities may be inefficiently implemented and unsupportive of overall U.S. policy goals.

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