Community policing discussed at Human Dimension Meeting
When
28 October 2002 (All day)
Where
Vienna
(Georgi Licovsi)The OSCE is facilitating the
redeployment of Macedonian police
in
former conflict areas, Matejce, January
2002. (Georgi Licovsi) Photo details
Nearly 160 participants from across the OSCE region gathered in Vienna to discuss human dimension aspects of community policing and its role in building confidence among minority communities.
The meeting's goals were three-fold:
- to elaborate on the concept and characteristics of community policing
- to review country-related examples of how community policing could be implemented
- to discuss the role of community policing in building confidence in minority communities and post-conflict situations with reference to previous experiences and lessons learned
Sessions highlighted the general benefits of community policing, such as increased transparency, accountability, confidence, trust and partnership and focussed on particular experiences and problems of transitional societies in introducing community policing.
Participants stressed that the lack of a clear and common concept of community policing in the OSCE area and the separation of community policing principles from general rule of law principles was one of the key problems that needed to be addressed.