Furthermore, the Department, supported by experts from the Kp, the Public Prosecutor’s
Office and the Journalists Union, designed and implemented the project “Training Courses
and Workshops for Representatives of Kosovo police, Prosecutors and Media as an
Oversight Mechanism”. The workshops and training courses, delivered in six regions of
Kosovo, covered the importance of good co-operation and communication between the Kp
representatives, the prosecutors and the media. During the training, participants discussed
the legal framework and regulations applying to their duties. Training subjects included the
lack of communication skills and the conceptual understanding of the role the security sector
has toward the public. At the end of each workshop, participants were provided with a
glossary of frequently used terminology by all institutions in order to make communication
easier.
The Department continued with its regular lectures on the logic behind media, media
relations and public relations to the representatives of the Public Safety Institutions, as well
as participants of the “First Line Supervision Course” and the “Mid-Management Course”.
Since January 2007, the OSCE DSPS and Press and Public Information Section has been
providing support to the Kp in order to develop public safety campaigns designed to increase
traffic safety awareness for the sake of personal safety by emphasising that safety is
everyone’s concern. In September, the 2011 campaign “Second Patrol” was started,
addressing traffic safety issues. Some 300,000 leaflets were distributed throughout Kosovo.
In another project, police car dummies were placed in accident prone spots in six regions of
Kosovo. The car dummies served as a speed prevention mechanism, by making drivers slow
down when they see the alleged police car. After a while, the car dummies were to be
replaced with real police patrols. Based on media coverage and Kp reports, the car dummies
had a great impact on the drivers’ behaviour. Therefore, the Kp was planning to continue with
the same project for another year. According to an action plan, the Kp also increased the
number of patrols on the road to better enforce the road traffic safety law, targeting
aggressive drivers.
During the reporting period, the Department, in co-operation with the Security Monitoring
Section of the Department for Human Rights and Communities and the Kp, started
implementing the project “Safety Handbook for School Children”. The project was designed
to support the Kp in their efforts to raise awareness of school children about safety issues
that are affecting them, such as personal safety, protection from robbery and thefts,
intimidation, traffic safety, and protection from narcotics. The project has been supported by
the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to cope with the lack of personal safety
lectures in the primary schools education curricula. In October, Community Safety Police
Officers started lectures in schools on the above safety issues.
The Department also supported the KCPSED in organizing and hosting the “Mini-Olympic
Games”. The event was organized for the 7th time aiming at increasing trust between
security providers and the members of communities with special needs. The event aimed at
raising awareness on prejudices of the society about the people with special needs.
Approximately 500 persons, among them mainly children, from all communities in Kosovo
participated in the event, which was organized by the NGO OPFAKKOS (Parent Association
of Children with Disabilities).
Organized Crime and Terrorism
The Kp Crime Investigation Pillar is implementing the strategic goals and objectives set by
the MoIA and the Kp General Directorate in preventing and combating all types of crimes.
Constant efforts are given to enhance organizational and technical capacities, human
resources, the development of legal a framework and standard operating procedures
(SOPs), training capacity and the application of special investigation techniques. Despite all
efforts, organized crime remained a matter of very serious concern and affected the rule of
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