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$38K grant to fund training for AGO probers
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Posted on Aug 17 2004
The Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has awarded the CNMI Attorney General’s Office a $38,100 grant for investigator training, according to attorney general Pamela Brown.
In a statement yesterday, Brown said the technical assistance grant will pay for a two-week professional training course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, to be attended by six investigators in the Attorney General’s Investigative Unit.
The training program will assist the AGO in securing additional and relevant training that will enhance the investigators’ ability to produce quality and timely investigative reports. It will also increase their ability to monitor the expenditure of local and federal government funds and follow up on alleged criminal issues (fraud, waste, abuse, etc.).
The success of the training will serve as a model for other investigative offices in the North and South Pacific Insular and Territorial Areas in their attempts to improve the quality of services provided, the statement said. It is also expected that the newly trained investigators will share this information with their colleagues throughout the CNMI.
“We applied for this training grant about six months ago, and received exceptional cooperation from the Department of Interior. I am very excited about our investigators being able to receive this professional training,” Brown said.
