From 10 to 21 December, the DSPS provided the KP with a ToT on “Juvenile Delinquency
and Child Protection”. The course focused on the needs of the KP investigators in dealing
with juvenile delinquents more effectively and in line with international standards. During this
interactive training, which took place at KAPS, the participants learned about developing a
preventative strategy and how to investigate criminal cases where children and youth are
involved as victims, offenders, witnesses or information providers. While implementing the
training, the Department co-operated with UNICEF and assisted both UNICEF and the KP in
the implementation of the 2013 plan to establish Child Protection Units in Kosovo.
Community Safety Development
The DSPS continued its commitment to enhancing community policing and improving interethnic relations by supporting the development of an effective and sustainable multi-level
community safety and security infrastructure in Kosovo.
From 27-29 March, the Department supported the KP in the process of drafting the
Community Policing Strategy and Action Plan 2012-2016 (CPS&AP 2012-2016), which aims
to improve the overall performance of the KP, strengthen the partnership between all
communities and the police, and to increase the trust and confidence of the general public by
embracing the community policing philosophy within the entire police organization. The
CPS&AP 2012-2016 was expected to have an impact on community policing as it sets out
the principles and the future directions for the implementation of community policing within
the entire organization. The CPS&AP 2012-2016 was approved in April 2012.
With the aim of implementing the Kosovo strategies for Community Safety and for
Community Policing, the DSPS supported the development of both training and information
material to be used throughout the KP, as well as the delivery of a short training programme
for a number of pre-certified trainers. From 10-14 September, 22 KP trainers were trained on
the content and delivery of this programme held at KAPS. Subsequently, they began to
deliver these training courses in all regions to all KP officers. It was expected that all KP
officers up to the rank of lieutenant would have completed the training during 2013. In
addition, the DSPS planned to develop and deliver a further awareness-raising programme
on the new CPS&AP 2012-2016 for Middle and Senior KP officers in 2013.
In addition to delivering its training to pre-certified trainers, the DSPS formally handed over
its training material to KAPS, which was subsequently incorporated into the Cadet Training
curriculum. The new Cadet Training on the basis of the new curriculum started at the end of
September 2012.
The DSPS also assisted the KP in the design, content and production of a joint police/public
information leaflet on the new CPS&AP 2012-2016. 72,000 copies of the information leaflet,
produced in five languages: Albanian, Serbian, Roma, Turkish and English, was considered
to be a useful awareness tool in relation to the new strategy. On 15 October, the distribution
of the leaflets to all KP officers and to members of the public by the KP Community Police
officers and Local Public Safety Committees (LPSCs) started throughout Kosovo. The
purpose of the leaflet campaign was to raise awareness about the existence of the new
CPS&AP 2012-2016 and to provide better access to the information for both the police and
civilian population.
On 6 November, the DSPS participated in the press launch of the new CPS&AP 2012-2016
held at the KP headquarters. In addition, the Department enabled the KP to conduct a round
table review of the ongoing implementation of the new CPS&AP 2012-2016, which took
place on 14 December at the OMIK headquarters. The review was held to establish the level
of progress, to identify any shortcomings, obstructions or difficulties in the implementation of
the new CPS&AP 2012-2016 and to provide recommendations for the future implementation
and development of the CPS&AP 2012-2016.
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