Assessment of U. S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Afghan Local Police

This is a continuation of a series of Congressionally mandated, command requested, and/or self-generated reports published by the Office of Inspector General's Special Plans and Operations Directorate that focus on the train and equip missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. General areas discussed in these reports include: Accountability of weapons transferred to the Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces, Accountability of night vision devices transferred to the Iraqi Security Forces, Effectiveness/responsiveness of the Foreign Military Sales system in support of the Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces, Logistics development of the Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces, Effectiveness of U.S. and Coalition efforts to develop the Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces, and Review of the Coalition Support Fund Program and other DoD security assistance/cooperation programs with Pakistan. On August 15, 2011, the DoDIG announced the "Assessment of U.S. Government and Coalition Efforts to Develop the Afghan Local Police," (Project No. D2011-D00SPO-0277-000). The objectives of this assessment were to determine whether: Planning and operational implementation efforts by U.S./Coalition Forces to recruit, train, advise and assist in the development of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) was effective. This included evaluating output/outcome at ALP locations at various stages of their life cycle to determine the effectiveness of U.S./Coalition involvement in developing the ALP and Ministry of Interior (MoI) capability to manage the program. Plans, training, preparation and designated missions of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)/United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A)/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), ISAF Joint Command (IJC), and Coalition Forces Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan (CFSOCC-A) to train, advise and assist in the development of the ALP are integrated across all levels of U.S./Coalition commands/staffs, as well as between Coalition commands and the MoI/Afghan National Police (ANP).