The DSPS also provided 14 KP investigators and staff from the KP Counter Terrorism Directorate and Public Relations Office with capacity building training on public relations in counter-terrorism. This course provided a mixture of theoretical and practical based lessons, involving case studies for the participants to gain knowledge and understanding in recognising the radicalization process leading to violent extremism and the effective measures to counter that process. The course helped to build an understanding of the power of propaganda, the importance of transparency and the necessity to establish early communication with the public and to win public support for the work undertaken. The course took place from 5-9 November at KAPS. Hate Crimes In 2012 the DHRC SMS continued implementing a comprehensive programme in the area of combating hate crimes, with a focus on the KP as first responder to hate crimes. In 2012, the DHRC SMS trained 323 police officers, including senior regional management on identifying, investigating and responding to hate crimes. The training events included a one-day followup ToT; a one-day workshop for KP officers in all regions delivered by new KP trainers, oneday training for community policing officers, two one-day training sessions for sergeants and one workshop in each of the six KP regions for senior regional management. Furthermore, as a result of the DHRC SMS’s advocacy efforts, the combating hate crimes training was included into the Basic Police Training Curriculum and the first group of cadets were trained on the subject in November 2012. ****** 4.3 The OSCE Mission to Montenegro Background The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports the Montenegrin authorities in the ongoing police reform process aimed at transforming the Montenegrin Police into a professional, democratic, accountable, effective, and efficient service, accepted and respected by the society. In 2012, the Police Affairs Section (PAS) within the Mission consisted of four international and four national staff involved in a variety of police-related activities defined as priorities within the comprehensive police reform process. Furthermore, the Mission’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Department (RolHR) was involved in police-related activities. At the strategic level, the Mission and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Montenegro signed an annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the law enforcement area on 19 July 2012, facilitating further integration of the host State into European and EuroAtlantic structures. The MoU aims at supporting the police reform process in the fields of: - 62 Enhancing strategic planning and development, to include: assistance in implementing the Strategy and Action Plan for Police Functioning and Development; assistance in enhancing strategic planning, leadership and management capacities within the Ministry and the Police; and advisory support during the implementation of the structural changes within the Ministry and the Police.