POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS CENTRAL ASIA Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform Police Development and Reform The Centre organized two-day Traffic Safety seminars in Dashoguz on 25 and 26 April and in Mary on 28 and 29 April. The seminars aimed to enhance the capacity of the Traffic Control Police in those two regions to efficiently manage traffic and safeguard road security. 20 officers attended in Mary, while 21 officers and representatives from the city municipality attended in Dashoguz. Other topics included traffic control and regulation measures, as well as using new technologies to ensure road safety. Two international experts shared best practices in conducting effective traffic safety campaigns, and elaborated on road safety risk management and mitigation, as well as safety performance indicators. Activities Related to Threats Posed by Criminal Activity Border Security and Management / Customs Between 5 and 12 May, the Centre organized practical training courses on X-ray baggage and passenger screening at airports for 43 officials from the Aviation Security Service and the Aviation School of Turkmenistan Airlines, as well as the Transport Police Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Customs Service and the State Border Service. The training courses covered topics including international regulations addressing aviation security, state-of-the-art search techniques and the recognition of firearms, explosive devices and prohibited items. Participants also discussed the operation and safety of modern X-ray machines, X-ray image interpretation and screening of people and baggage. Special emphasis was placed on gender-specific screening. Practical exercises focused on X-ray image interpretation techniques, item recognition and consent search techniques. Both training courses were held on the premises of the Aviation School of Turkmenistan Airlines. From 20 to 24 June, the Centre delivered Aviation Checkpoint and X-ray Image Interpretation Instructor Training, which was attended by ten students selected from the trainees who participated in the May courses. The five-day training-oftrainers programme focused on training design, materials development, course and lesson planning techniques, as well as teaching methodologies. The training event was held on the premises of the Aviation School of Turkmenistan Airlines. Other Illicit Drugs and Chemical Precursors On 13 and 14 October, the Centre supported the participation of four law enforcement officials from Turkmenistan representing the Apparatus of the President of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of National Security, Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor’s Office, in the OSCE-wide AntiDrug Conference entitled “UNGASS 2016: Road Map for Tackling the World Drug Problem” in Vienna. On 21 and 22 June, the Centre, in co-operation with the Conflict Prevention Centre/Forum for Security Co-operation and the Transnational Threat Department’s Border Security Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU), supported the participation of four officials representing the Presidential Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor’s Office of Turkmenistan in an Advanced Training on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Vienna. Training Courses on Aviation Security Ř In May and June, the Centre Ř The first focused on x-ray Ř The second course, with ten organized and delivered two baggage and passenger students selected from the courses to officials from the screening at airports, international first training, was a training-of- Aviation Security Service and the regulations regarding aviation trainers focused on designing Aviation School of Turkmenistan security, search techniques and training, developing materials, Airlines. Both of these courses the recognition of prohibited planning lessons and teaching. were held at the Aviation School items including firearms and of Turkmenistan Airlines. explosives. 109