preparation and design of the questionnaire. In the second phase, cadets and their superiors
would be interviewed and receive feedback information.
From 8 March to 10 May, Police College instructors conducted a four-week “Trainer
Development Course” under the supervision of the Police Training Centre. The aim of this
course was to enhance capacities of various police departments to enable them to perform
in-service trainings on their own as well as to establish in-service capacity for police units.
Between October and December, two cycles of three-week “Field Training Officer” (FTO)
courses were organized for some 28 new Police Academy students and staff to serve as
Mentors. The first group of 14 participants attended the course organized from 28 October to
15 November, while a second group of 14 participants attended the course organized from
18 November to 6 December. The course addressed subjects such as an introduction to the
Educational Programme for Police Officers; Adult Learning, Teaching Methods, Facilitation of
Training; Experiential Learning-cycle and Evaluation; Police Work and Authority; Crime;
Traffic Safety; Criminal Procedure and Misdemeanour Law; Monitoring the State Border;
Preparation of Scenarios and Case Studies on Given Topics; Criteria for the Assessment
and Monitoring of Students while Conducting Practical Work in Police Stations; Monitoring
Programme of the Participants with the Application of Appropriate Criteria; and an Evaluation
Course. The Mission provided board and lodging for the participants as well as transport
costs.
On 16 December, the Acting Director of the Police College signed a bilateral agreement on
police education with the Istanbul Police Academy in Istanbul.
Community Policing
At the end of 2012, the Mission had handed over responsibility to the Police Directorate and
Border Police for implementing the National Strategy on Community Led Policing. The
project, which had been initiated by the Mission and established throughout Montenegro,
was one of the most successful contributions to the process of democratic policing. In 2013,
the Mission continued to monitor the implementation of the National Strategy.
From 18-22 February, the Mission, at the request of the Police Directorate’s Office for Crime
Prevention and Community Policing, organized training on the methodology of community
policing for 14 new community police officers and one manager. The purpose of the training
was to prepare the officers for their new posts as community police officers in various parts
of the country and was conducted by experts from the Mission and the Police Directorate.
Amongst the topics presented were models of problem solving; crime prevention;
communication; social psychology and reporting.
On 9-10 May, the Mission, together with the Ministry of Interior/Police Directorate’s Office for
Crime Prevention and Community Policing organized a seminar addressing the phenomenon
of juvenile delinquency, which has been increasing in Montenegro’s schools over the past
two years. Emphasis was placed on the role of families, teachers, the police, the Ministries of
Education, Interior, Social Welfare as well as psychiatrists, counsellors, medical institutions,
UNICEF and the civil sector in addressing the phenomenon. The aim was to bring these
relevant parties together and establish a network among institutions and the civil sector
dealing with youth. All 44 participants agreed that the seminar was an excellent opportunity
to meet and identify together the problems faced in their daily work. The conclusions were
that inter-agency co-operation had to be improved through the legal and operational
framework for a comprehensive approach to the prevention of juvenile delinquency and
public awareness about juvenile delinquency should be further increased. The primary
purpose of this project was to develop a delinquency prevention programme that would be
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