A 125-member female police contingent will leave for the UN mission in Liberia Monday for performing VVIP and civil police duties in the war-torn African nation.
The women personnel, drawn from paramilitary CRPF, will help the local police in maintaining law and order in the country and guarding the offices and premises of the President of Liberia and other VVIPs.
The members, led by a female Commandant of the force, have received seven weeks of specialised training in riot control, firing and unarmed combat.
The first batch of the contingent will leave for Liberia Monday while the second batch departs on February 21. One male and female contingent of the force are already deployed at the UN mission there.
Central Reserve Police Force chief K Vijay Kumar while sending off the contingent said the members of the team are ambassadors of the country and they should perform their duties responsibly.
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established in 2003 to support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the peace process, protect United Nations staff, facilities and civilians, support humanitarian
and human rights activities as well as assist in national security reform, including national police training and formation of a new re-structured military.