CAMP CRAME, QUEZON CITY. For the very first time, and through the efforts of USEC OSCAR CALDERON, Director, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), the Australian government funded and facilitated the “Professional Boundaries and Informant Management Course”. It was held last Sept. 14 - 22, at the Intelligence Training Group (ITG) facilities, Camp Crame, Quezon City. 15 security officers from the BuCor and 11 BJMP personnel attended the said course, which tackled such topics as Terrorism in the Philippines, Inmate Manipulation, Red Flag Training, Work Ethics and Handling and Managing Informants. This is a continuation of the two-week seminar on Basic Intelligence which was also funded by the Australian government, attended by 35 BuCor security personnel coming from the different penal institutions and facilitated solely by the ITG trainers.

    Advancing on the third week’s training were 15 BuCor security personnel selected from the original 35. Four (4) lecturers from the Australian Embassy shared their knowledge and expertise to the participants. The speakers were headed by Dr. Clarke Jones, Executive Officer, ASIS, Paul Stewart, First Secretary, Australian Embassy, Brendan Money, Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Prisons and Colleen Steward, Second Secretary , Australian Embassy.