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Developing the Police Accountability System, to include: expert assistance in the
development of the most effective systems for internal control; implementation of the
Police Integrity Plan through training and other educational events; support in
enhancing horizontal co-operation between the internal and external police oversight
mechanisms; advisory assistance in enhancing the investigative and anti-corruption
capacities of the internal control, and development of transparent working procedures
in the Department for Internal Control, in line with international standards and values.
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Enhancing criminal investigation capacities, especially in the fight against organized
and serious crime, to include: assistance in the implementation of the Strategy and
Action Plan for the Fight against Organized Crime and Corruption; enhancement of the
capacity of the police to fight corruption, organized serious crime and economic crime;
assistance in providing specialized training in police affairs, identified as a priority by
the Police Directorate; and facilitation of the provision of necessary specialized
equipment.
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Enhancing the capacities of the Border Police, to include: enhancement of border
security management capacities; further improvement of regional cross-border cooperation; and expert support in the implementation of the Integrated Border
Management Strategy and Action Plan.
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Enhancing police education and development, to include: assistance, consultancy and
support to the Police and Police Academy in the police education reform process by
providing general education and training; delivery of trainer development programmes;
curriculum development assistance, and improvement of the police’s capacities for the
substantive delivery of training programmes;
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Monitoring the implementation of the Community Policing Project that was transferred
to the Police Administration in 2012, to include: additional support to national
authorities upon their request, occasionally and according to their needs, thus ensuring
the project’s self-sustainability.
Strategic Planning and Development
On 10-13 September, the Mission, in co-operation with the Austrian Ministry of Interior,
organized a study visit for two members of the Montenegrin Strategic Planning Unit and the
Montenegrin Organized Crime Department. The visit aimed to ensure that senior police staff,
one police strategic planner and one senior officer from the Organized Crime Department
enhanced their competencies and means with which to further the strategic planning and
management process within their responsibilities.
In October, the Mission printed and distributed the report Police Reform in Montenegro 20062011. Assessment and Recommendations. The report provides an assessment of the main
developments between 2006 and 2011 in the areas which are vital for police reform in
Montenegro.
In accordance with the Annual Programme of the Judicial Training Centre for 2012 and its
Mandatory Training Programme on the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) for judges,
prosecutors, police officers and lawyers, the Mission, in co-operation with the Judicial
Training Centre, organized four two-day training courses in May, June, July and October on
the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code. The training was organized for judges,
prosecutors, lawyers and police officers. The training focused on identifying problems in the
implementation of CPC and their clarification; defining roles of all actors and improving cooperation among them, with a special emphasis on court practice in this area; as well as
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