Article: Beijing police take driving skills programme

Thousands of Beijing police who will drive patrol cars during the 2008 Olympic Games are queuing up for a special driver training programme. The first batch of 30 policemen finished their two-day training on Friday on a closed course hidden in a mountainous area in the northwest suburbs of Beijing.

The training, which will run to the end of 2007, is part of the city's comprehensive Olympic security project, which started in April. About 5,000 Beijing police will be selected to receive the driver training, and those who pass the examinations will be eligible to drive police cars and service vehicles for the Games, according to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Zheng Weiping ...

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