The U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Kent Logsdon and Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council Levan Duchidze, along with senior representatives of participating agencieswill observe a crisis management exercise at the Police Academy in Tbilisi, GHN was informed about this in Georgia by the Embassy of USA.
On September 27, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) International Counterproliferation (ICP) Program and 23 upper-level crisis managers from across the Georgian Government started a national crisis command center exercise at the Police Academy.
This exercise is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) ICP Program and is designed to enable country officials to enhance interagency cooperation, identify areas for improvement within their integrated incident command system, and identify needs to establish or improve their own National Crisis Command Center. The exercise focuses on refining incident management and command and control skills. ICP courses are designed to prepare and establish a professional cadre of border, customs, and other law enforcement agencies in order to detect, interdict, identify, investigate and respond to the trafficking of illegal materials. The participants are attending the workshop from inter-governmental organizations including the Ministries of Interior, Environment, Defense, Health, Foreign Affairs and Finance/Customs. Georgia has successfully participated in several DOD and DTRA programs. These programs facilitate Georgia's integration with global counter proliferation efforts. The U.S. Government assistance is designed to help provide better security to Georgian citizens.