effective introduction of the community policing/police-public partnerships model and for cascading community policing throughout the country in the next years. An awareness-raising campaign on community policing carried out in 2011 covered six roundtables. The campaign continued the roundtables commenced in 2010 in the field of the “Cascading Community Policing Practices in Armenia” project. Six provinces were covered during 2011: • • • • • • Ararat province, town of Artashat: 25-26 February 2011 Aragatsotn province, town of Ashtarak, 25-26 March 2011 Kotayk province, town of Tsakhkadzor, 21-22 April 2011 Gegharkunik province, town of Sevan, 27-28 May 2011 Tavush province, town of Ijevan, 24-25 June 2011 Syunik province, town of Kapan, 15-16 July 2011 The notion of community policing was clearly introduced during the roundtables, stating that it was a new style of working, a new model, which is aimed at satisfying citizens’ expectations and needs on security-related matters. As before, the topic aroused the interest of participating police and public representatives. In particular, they were interested to learn about the future status and structure of the Community Policing Units, functions and duties of Community Policing Officers and other upcoming changes in the police system. Modelling of Citizens’ Advisory Groups (CAGs) was an opportune occasion for the representatives of the public to discuss with the police their community problems. Some of the issues brought forward were generic for all communities, while the others were specific for the given province or community. On 25 November, the Office organized a Police Open Day in the Vanadzor province, aimed at familiarizing pupils of High Schools with the work of the police. The project was particularly intended to develop and promote a greater understanding and interaction between the police and teenagers. The event provided a great opportunity for juveniles to learn about the work in police stations, to find out more about the activities of their local police officers, and to talk to their local officers and discuss any concerns they had. The Police Open Day was positively evaluated by the society, media representatives and the police. Therefore, it was decided to continue this initiative during 2012 in nine Armenian provinces. Domestic Violence In February, the Office initiated a survey on domestic violence. The objective of the survey was to reveal the existing situation of police-public interactions during incidents of domestic violence, to identify the shortcoming in the activities of the police, and to develop recommendations to overcome those shortcomings. On 17 June, the Citizens’ Advisory Group of Arabkir, which had been established under the Office’s Community Policing Pilot Project, convened its next meeting to discuss the “Need for Preventative Measures against Domestic Violence”. The meeting brought together teachers, representatives of NGOs, community associations, the clergy and the police. Following the CAG’s request, the police was represented not only by the officers of the Community Policing Unit, but also by the leadership of the Juvenile Delinquency Department and the Arabkir Department of the RA Police. They presented the measures undertaken by the police to prevent violence against women and children in Armenia in general, and in the Arabkir community, in particular. Participants of the meeting agreed that so far, police responses had been not sufficient for addressing such a multi-faceted and broad-scale problem. The 93