Counterterrorism center underutilized: audit officeSPECIAL SERVICE: The National Police Agency should hold more counterterrorism drills to make better use of the costly facility, the National Audit Office saidBy Hsieh Chun-lin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerIn the nearly four years since its creation, the National Police Agency’s (NPA) Counterterrorism Center has only been used for 38 days for counterterrorism training exercises, the National Audit Office said in a budget report on Thursday last week, calling on the agency to increase usage of the costly facility. The National Police Agency’s Counterterrorism Center in Taoyuan’s Sinwu District prepares for its opening ceremony on March 21, 2017. During this period the center was only used 38 days for counterterrorism drills, or 3.96 percent of the time, the report said. The center has mostly been used for general police training rather than specialized counterterrorism response, it said. The NPA said it would continue conducting counterterrorism trainings at the center, including joint drills with security and police forces.

Source: Taipei Times August 02, 2021 15:56 UTC