Major General Mohamed Fahim, head of the Police Research Centre, says the ministry of interior will include new materials related to human rights in the Police Academy ‎curriculum. ‎    
‎“The ministry of interior’s strategy has to change,” Fahim told a press conference ‎named Facing Lack of Security and held in the journalists’ syndicate building.

“Students in the police academy will study human rights.”‎

A number of policemen are currently tried for allegedly killing peaceful protesters during ‎the January 25 Revolution by using live rounds on them. ‎

For many years ahead of the 18-day revolt, which instigated the overthrow of former ‎president Hosni Mubarak, the ministry of interior routinely covered up torture practiced by ‎the police and security forces.‎

On why the police are still unable to consistently maintain security across the country months after the end of the revolution, ‎Fahim replied: “The ministry lost around 4,000 armoured cars while 90 police stations were ‎torched during the Friday of Rage [early in the revolution, 28 January], which created a security vacuum.‎

‎“The police are primarily trying to secure the touristic and coastal destinations for the time being. Any ‎policeman will be punished should he ease off,”‎ he added