POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS EASTERN EUROPE Activities Related to General Police Development and Reform MFA of the Netherlands notes that the percentage of those who trust the police almost doubled in comparison to 20132015, with 40,7% of citizens having trust in the police. The respondents also recognized an increase in the police’s adherence to human rights (46,7% in 2016 vs 22,3% in 2014). Police Development and Reform Community Policing, Police-Public Relations and Crime Prevention The PCU greatly deepened its support to police training, as it was able to respond quickly and flexibly to the National Police’s reform efforts. This was facilitated through an increase in the PCU’s unified budget and the establishment of the PCU’s Human Security Programme. To aid Ukraine’s police reform, the PCU focused on developing skills and knowledge for large-scale public security units, such as patrol and neighbourhood police, and highly specialized police units responsible for combating cybercrime and human trafficking. In 2016, the PCU facilitated training of over 10,400 police officers, namely: - 3,054 new police recruits (84 cyberpolice, 170 neighbourhood and 2,800 patrol police officers) received two- and four-month initial trainings (ranging from 200 to 760 hours) developed with PCU support before they were inducted into the service; - 3,639 re-attested police officers (84 cyberpolice, 200 anti-human trafficking and 3,355 neighbourhood police officers), who received 98-hour specialized training developed with PCU support. 96% successfully passed the final exam; and - 3,710 patrol police officers provided with additional PCUfacilitated 98-hour in-service training based on a needs assessment. Overall, the PCU supported the development of 7 training curricula constituting of 161 training courses/subjects with 1588 training hours. The experience gained by the National Police and the international community during the establishment of the new patrol police helped to identify core courses to be used for the training and re-training of all police units. Courses on combating human trafficking and domestic violence developed with the PCU’s support for 2016 were approved as mandatory for all training and re-training programmes of the Ukrainian National Police, and constitute six of the 32 instructional hours in the core training. Ukrainian citizens’ perception of and trust in the police increased in 2016. A National Survey on citizens’ perception of security developed by DCAF, Razumkov Center, and the During 2016, the PCU led a working group that developed a concept and action plan on community policing in Ukraine while also reviewing the functional responsibilities of neighbourhood police officers to ensure they were aligned with the law “On National Police” and the community policing concept. All the documents produced by the working group were presented and handed over to the National Police. The PCU also contributed extensively to similar groups on criminal police and human resources, and police training led by the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM). The PCU continued to promote a stronger community policing approach by involving civil society experts in the development and implementation of police training programmes. The MoI introduced a 98-hour retraining programme for the reformed neighbourhood police designed with PCU assistance. The new curriculum placed far more emphasis on the rule of law, human rights, ethics and community policing than the previous training. In 2016, 3,355 re-attested neighbourhood police officers received the 98-hour training in 14 regions of Ukraine (with 97% passing the exam). Training in 11 regions will be covered in 2017. The PCU also supported the development of a fourmonth programme (688 hours in total) for newly recruited neighbourhood police officers. The training materials were developed with a focus on community policing, combating domestic violence, protecting human rights including the rights of a child, and other practical aspects of daily neighbourhood policing. In 2016, the first 170 cadets completed this training in Kyiv and Odessa. In 2016, the PCU trained the last cohort of 2,800 new patrol police officers in combating human trafficking and domestic violence in 10 Ukrainian cities, concluding the establishment of the new patrol police in all regions of Ukraine. Based on the results of the patrol police training needs survey, the PCU facilitated the development of a 98-hour curriculum and materials to deepen the knowledge and improve the skills of patrol police officers. During the year, 3,710 patrol police officers in 11 cities participated in this two-week re-training session. 97