Establishment & Training of Ertzaintza – the Police Force of the Basque Country, Spain

Establishment and training of the police force of the Basque Country in Spain, from the moment the decision was made to convert the organization into a police force in 1988, to the year 2002, when it had an operational personnel of 8,000.
The project included the design of the organizational structure and chain of command, more than 50 different training courses in all police occupational specialties, including command courses and training of police personnel in covert operations following their basic training, as well as the procurement of specialized tracking equipment.
More than 50 different training courses were delivered in the following fields of activity:
• Tracking/trailing course.
• Technical tracking course.
• Interrogation/investigation course.
• Forensic science technician course.
• Establishment of a forensic science organ.
• IEOD neutralizing course.
• Tracking commander course.
• Tracking NCO course.
• Intelligence officer course.
• Internal security officer course.
• Covert agent handler course.
• Selection and sorting of personnel to the various training courses.
• Two-year mentoring for covert agent handlers.