Thirty people including civil servants, local leaders and locals are taking part as community representatives of Friends of Police in Pemagatshel. The police and public partnership programme in the Dzongkhag was launched, yesterday. In Tsirang too, the Friends of Police was launched with 30 community representatives, last week. The Friends of Police initiative which was started last year aims to create awareness among the public about the police and fosters partnership between police and citizens.