OSCE facilitates training course on standard operating procedures for police officers in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 11 December 2015 – The first in a series of five-day training courses on Standard Operating Procedures for 19 police officers facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan concluded in Dushanbe today. The course aims at enhancing the capacity of Tajik police in understanding the regulatory provisions of their work, and in designing and maintaining effective Standard Operating Procedures being in line with policies and procedures.
Two experts from Russia and Ukraine informed the participants - mid-level staff members of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry – about the regulatory expectations of police work.
“Standard Operating Procedures serve as a policy to regulate and define guidelines, methods, systems and procedures down to the level of police stations. The Procedures should also ensure that the police service’s goals and objectives are attained,” said Wolfgang Nikolaus, Counter Terrorism and Police Issues Adviser at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. “The provisions of the Standard Operating Procedures should be open-mindedly interpreted in order to promote their objectives and guarantee the expeditious and systematic conduct of the administration and operation of all police entities.”
The participants also learnt about creating and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures and generating a system for implementing effective written procedures.
“Poorly-written or inaccurate Standard Operating Procedures will reduce the effectiveness of work, lead to further organizational failures and have an adverse impact on police staff and citizens,” said Georgy Pirogov, OSCE Community Security Initiative Police Adviser.
The training course on developing Standard Operating Procedures was designed in line with international standards on police regulations and service and tailored according to Tajikistan’s National Strategy on Police Reform.