Police Education and Development In 2010, the Mission continued to support the Police Directorate and the Police Academy in the process of transforming the police educational system and establishing a self-sustainable Police Academy. The Mission’s assistance resulted in the alteration of the outdated Academy curriculum. By October 2010, the duration of basic police training was increased from 18 months to two years. Cadets who completed the two-year basic training successfully were entitled to continue their studies at the Criminality Faculty under the Faculty of Law to get a bachelor degree. The Police Academy and the Faculty of Law harmonized 16 themes from the Academy curriculum to have credits recognized by the Faculty of Law. On 6-9 April, the Mission, in co-operation with the Montenegrin Police Academy organized a workshop on drafting a Log Frame on Strategic Planning for the Montenegrin Police Education System. Senior staff from the Police Directorate, Police Academy, OSCE Mission, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education and Science and the University of Montenegro developed a common understanding of the future of the Montenegrin Police Education System and drafted a Strategic Plan of the Montenegrin Police Education System which will serve as road map for relevant institutions. Two international experts from Sweden and Turkey supported the workshop. In addition, the Mission put more emphasis on increasing the capacity of the Academy instructors. From 22 November to 24 December, the Mission supported a Trainer Development Course conducted by local trainers under the supervision of the OSCE Police Training Centre. The Training programme aimed at increasing the institutional capacity of the Police Service in Montenegro to be able to establish sustainable training and education. Eight representatives of the Forensic Lab, Police Directorate and one Army soldier were trained to become trainers and received trainer certificates. This comprehensive five-week course permitted various police departments to perform in-service trainings on their own. On 10-21 May, the Mission organized an “Operational Police Tactics Course” for 15 crime and special police unit officers. This ten-day training programme was designed for law enforcement officers of junior and middle ranks who had or were going to assume responsibilities for carrying out tactical operations in anti-narcotics and organized crime units. The aim of the programme was to equip law enforcement officers with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully plan, execute and manage tactical operations in their units. Amongst the learning topics were: weapons handling; shooting; survival (minimizing the target, gaining advantage in shooting, movements when armed (indoor and outdoor); planning and directing operations; the modus operandi in buildings (approaching the target building, approaching outdoor areas, positioning indoor areas, moving through doors, positioning on corners); interviewing suspects and victims; and searching persons and vehicles etc. On 25-28 October, the Mission, in co-operation with Turkish International Development Agency organized a study visit to the Turkish National Police for high-ranking Montenegrin police officials. The visit was organized in order to acquaint the Montenegrin delegation with the ID Notification System of temporary residents of hotels and other facilities. It was planned that the Turkish National Police would deliver software and expert assistance for the implementation of the system in Montenegro. In addition, the delegation visited the Police Education Department and a police driving circuit with the aim of assessing the possibility of constructing such a facility in Montenegro. 47