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At a time when public trust and confidence in the police is at an all-time low, Inspector Vekash Ramkissoon stands out as one of the shining stars in the service.

This, as he was selected over other senior officers (inspector or above) and then by an international panel of nine specialists in various fields for the Police Innovation and Leadership Programme (PIL) in Dubai recently.

The initiative, headed by the Dubai Police in partnership with Rochester University Institution of Technology targeted 53 senior police officers from 38 countries, including Uganda, Brazil, Kosovo, Tanzania, Serbia, Ethiopia and China, with the potential to be future police leaders. Some countries had more than one participant. TT was offered two spaces but only Ramkissoon qualified.