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“Lowlands Grenade” 2018 international exercise

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25 September 2018, Groningen (NL):

“Lowlands Grenade” is a major
international exercise, conducted
by 17 Gendarmerie and Police
forces from 13 Countries, who
spent two weeks jointly
developing skills and methods for
international missions.
A total of over 200 Police Officers
from 20\25 different police
organizations were involved in the
exercise.
The CoESPU took part in this
activities sending a team of two
CRC instructors.

The participants and training team members come from different countries in Europe, North and
South America and Africa. The first week consisted of various training sessions in monitoring,
mentoring, advising and training (MMA&T), community policing and so on (training for in-
theatre situations). In the second week a 65-hour exercise and a VIP conference took place.
The “Royal Netherlands
Marechaussee” (RNLM) has been
leading European Union Police
Services Training II (EUPST II),
on behalf of the Netherlands,
since 2015.
Because of its leading role, the
RNLM also Chairs the
Consortium, composed by 17
members and 13 Countries.
Some countries are participating
in the consortium with both
Gendarmerie Force and Police
Organizations.

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