Kirklees cops taught 'Islam awareness'

Jan 8 2009 by Andrew Hirst, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

POLICE patrolling in Huddersfield will all learn more about Islam in a pioneering project.

All Neighbourhood Policing Team officers in Kirklees will go on an Islam Awareness Programme, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.

This means frontline constables and police community support officers (PCSOs) will go to a series of six sessions at four mosques.

The aim is to increase their understanding of the Islamic faith as well as forging local contacts.

The first session will be at the Jamia Mosque on Jeremy Lane in Heckmondwike next Tuesday.