Security | Portugal and MSAR organize joint police training

The head of the Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) is visiting Macau in order to enhance cooperation with the local police authorities.
“This visit is part of a long-established cooperation between PSP in Portugal and Macau’s Public Security Police,” said Luís Farinha, as quoted by Lusa.
Mr Farinha added that the local PSP was set up using the organizational chart of its Portuguese counterpart. He gave an example of the training that was provided by the Portuguese PSP to set up a special operations group before the transfer of sovereignty to Macau in 1999.
Interviewed by Lusa, the PSP director said that the special operations group was a “jewel” left by Portugal in Macau. “It is a unit with technical and operational capabilities aimed to face the most varied security challenges,” he said. In the near future, a group of special agents from Portugal is expected to come to Macau and take part in joint training activities with the local police force. Luís Farinha will remain in Macau until Wednesday.