The OSCE Office in Tajikistan's Counter-terrorism and Police Unit, established in September 2008, helps all law enforcement agencies to better combat the complex phenomenon of organized crime, drug trafficking and terrorism. It focuses on the development of police training, structural and operational reforms and the introduction of community policing.

The Unit assists the Drug Control Agency with the comprehensive implementation of its drug prevention campaign. In co-operation with communities, it organizes drug prevention events with a special focus on youth.

The Unit assesses the need and identifies strategies for police reforms, also ensuring that attention is paid to human rights and gender equality within the proposed activities.

Accountable policing ensures internal stability and a safe environment for all communities equally. The Unit promotes partnership between law enforcement agencies and communities according to the maxim: "The police are the people and the people are the police." Only when this partnership is successful can crime be identified and addressed according to communities' real needs.