OSCE’s project on intelligence-led policing presented on margins of UNODC’s annual Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna
The Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department introduced the OSCE’s project on intelligence-led policing at a side event of UNODC’s annual Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna on 25 May 2017. The event was organized in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
Experts from the SPMU outlined the development of an OSCE model for intelligence-led policing, presented in an OSCE guidebook to be published on 3 July 2017. Key features of the practical implementation of intelligence-led policing were discussed as well as how this can contribute to strengthening crime prevention.
A UNODC representative introduced related projects being conducted by this organization, while an expert from ODIHR highlighted the nexus between intelligence-led policing and human rights.
“Intelligence-led policing is a policing model that has already proved its potential and can be applied to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement management,” said Guy Vinet, Head of SPMU, addressing the side event’s participants.
Intelligence-led policing is a model that uses systematically and processed information and data as the fundamental basis for informed decision-making and proactive policing. The model facilitates crime prevention, reduction and disruption through both strategic management and effective enforcement.