EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) uses OSCE online module to raise awareness about Intelligence-Led Policing among officers from Central and Eastern Europe

Around 30 law enforcement officials from Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia will participate on 15 and 16 September 2020 in an online module on Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) organized by the OSCE with the support of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL).

The purpose of this eLearning activity, found on CEPOL’s Learning Management System, LEEd, is to raise awareness about this modern and proactive policing model and present its practical implementation in several key areas to country police officers and law enforcement representatives from Central and Eastern Europe.

Participants will be introduced to the main principles of the OSCE Guidebook on ILP, which is available in ten languages (Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, English, Macedonian, Serbian, Russian, Spanish and French) and is actively used by law enforcement agencies and authorities as well as other international organizations both within and outside the OSCE area.

Over the course of the training, law enforcement experts from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation such as Israel, Austria, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Estonia will present best practices in the field of ILP.

The OSCE developed this online module to help law enforcement work together to share data, so that the crucial information is not missed. Experience has shown that traditional methods of policing have become more challenging in this digital age. ILP is a modern law enforcement model that aims to change this. Harnessing data and information from a wide range of open and official sources to identify links, trends and patterns can help law enforcement prevent serious incidents or provide long-term insight on threats faced by the public.

The scope of ILP goes beyond its use in serious and organized crime, and can be applied to all areas of policing, from burglary or theft to addressing extreme vandalism or ensuring public safety at major events.

The OSCE and CEPOL concluded a Working Arrangement in 2017 to strengthen co-operation between the two entities, to mutually support each other in terms of training for law enforcement agencies and their capacity-building.