MNF-Iraq: New Iraqi police for Baghdad

From the Multi-National Force - Iraq press desk:

BAGHDAD – Baghdad’s top Iraqi Police officials and members of the 18th Military Police Brigades’ Provincial Police Transition Team gathered at the Iraqi Directorate of Police Headquarters here to witness 707 new Iraqi Police Officers graduate and perform a training demonstration Dec. 4. “This is a proud day for Baghdad, for these new Iraqi Police and for all of Iraq,” said Maj. Gen. Al Mishtawi Kathim Hamid, the provincial director of police for Baghdad, in his speech to the graduates. The increase in police forces is intended to strengthen the overall safety of Baghdad.