On 17 May 2017, the Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF) were established as new police unit, with the first training course being set up in Ayn Issa.[6] The first 50 recruits were all Arab[7] men and women,[8] some of them former members of the Asayish, and trained by U.S. and Jordanian instructors "on how to conduct patrols, diffuse disputes, deal with car bombs and suicide bombers, and how to man a checkpoint".[7] After the graduation of this first batch of police officers, the unit was gradually expanded, also recruiting Kurds;[1][9] the long-term goal for the unit is to have at least 3,000 members in order to enforce law and order in Raqqa and restore stability.[7]