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OSCE Mission equips 15 primary schools in Kosovo with surveillance cameras
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
On 19 November 2018 the OSCE Mission in Kosovo completed the installation of indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras in the primary school Ali Hasi in the village Cërmjan/Crmljane, located in the municipality of Gjakovë/Djakovica, with the aim of reducing violence in schools. This brings the total number of schools equipped with cameras by the OSCE Mission to 15.
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police on identification of domestic violence
Publishing date: 31 August 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a five-day ‘train-the-trainer’ course on identification of domestic violence for community policing units. The course was held from 27 to 31 August 2018 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission concludes operational command training programme for women officers of Kosovo Police
Publishing date: 3 May 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded its training programme on operational command duties for high ranked women officers of the Kosovo Police with a practical training from 29 April to 2 May 2018 at the South Wales Police (SWP) in Cardiff, United Kingdom...
OSCE-organized workshop on establishing Advance Passenger Information system concludes in Prishtinë/Priština
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
A two-day workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and enhancing aviation security concluded on 22 February 2018 in Prishtinë/Priština. Representatives from all Kosovo agencies involved in passenger processing – 45 in total – as well as police and customs officials and members of the civil aviation authority, the Data Protection Agency and the Internal Affairs Ministry took part...
OSCE Mission donates specialized first aid kits to Kosovo Police
Publishing date: 6 February 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo donated 30 specialized first aid kits to special operations units and rapid reaction units of the Kosovo Police on 6 February 2018...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports police and prosecution in addressing hate crimes
Publishing date: 30 October 2017
Eight monitoring networks to record and investigate hate crimes were established across Kosovo as a result of a series of workshops organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo between 2 and 30 October 2017. The networks are comprised of police investigators, community police officers and prosecutors who will co-operate to address hate crimes across the regions in a more efficient way. The networks will enable a unified institutional approach to properly identifying, recording and investigating hate crimes.
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Police women officers on operational command duties
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
The OSCE Mission and the Association of Kosovo Police Women organized a five-day training course on operational commanders’ duties for senior female police officers. The training course, attended by 14 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants – heads of different units within the Kosovo Police- was held from 13 to 17 March 2017 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...