OSCE training workshop on intelligence-led policing, advantages to contemporary policing in Uzbekistan, held in Tashkent

The OSCE-recommended model of intelligence-led policing (ILP) and its advantages for contemporary policing to the Uzbek Police, training workshop organized by the OSCE Secretariat, in co-operation with the OSCE Office of the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, was held on 10 May 2019 in Tashkent.

The training workshop was attended by 25 police managers occupying decision- and policymaking positions in the Uzbek Police, operational structures and educational institution.

The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit experts introduced the concept of ILP, as presented in the recently published OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing, and explained how this law enforcement model can complement and improve traditional policing approaches. Law enforcement experts from Estonia and Sweden gave presentations and shared information on ILP practices in their countries. Following the presentations, participants discussed the potential for implementing the ILP model in Uzbekistan.

ILP is a modern law enforcement model which facilitates proactive and efficient law enforcement management through combining intelligence gathering and analysis with informed decision-making procedures. The OSCE Guidebook on ILP has been translated into several languages and is used by law enforcement authorities and training institutions across the OSCE area.

“The success of ILP is to a large extent determined by the awareness and commitment of senior- and middle-level police management. Therefore today’s event has special significance, hopefully providing the Uzbek law enforcement management with new tools to improve their police services and strengthen their efforts against criminal activities,” said Guy Vinet, Head of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department.

Juergen Becker of the OSCE Office of the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan stressed that in line with its mandate, this OSCE field mission has been supporting the police services of Uzbekistan in further improving their competencies and skills in the field of a criminal investigation for more than ten years. This workshop, jointly implemented with the OSCE experts from Vienna, is another important step in this direction, he said.