Security forces benefit from UK media operations course

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Security forces benefit from UK media operations course

Twenty-nine Jamaican security professionals across the military, police force and the Department of Correctional Services recently concluded a virtual four-day media operations course with the United Kingdom’s (UK) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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