Juvenile Delinquency
To support the MoI in addressing juvenile delinquency, joint CiB and UNICEF training was
organized for juvenile delinquency inspectors of Bishkek. Furthermore, all juvenile
delinquency inspectors in Kyrgyzstan were equipped with area information passports to
record information on the area of responsibility and maintain institutional memory, especially
important in light of their high turnover. This was an important step in strengthening the
institutional capacity of the Kyrgyz police. As a result of using the area information passports,
the MoI is considering installing electronic area information passports countrywide to enable
backing-up and accessing information on specific areas in one centralized electronic
database.
Multi-Ethnic Component
The Neighbourhood Management Project, extended in 2014, increased the level of local
ownership of the project in multi-ethnic communities by police, community and local
authorities, which secured major funding of small-scale crime prevention initiatives.
The PMP has taken into account the accumulated experience of previous years and
incorporated recommendations from CiB management and consultations with the Community
Security Initiative (CSI), with the goal of increasing sustainability. The joint PMP and CSI
Neighbourhood Management project achieved a high degree of local ownership and offers a
working model that can be transferred to a city level, preliminarily starting from the Bishkek
and Osh city-wide joint action plan.
A Crime Prevention and Citizens’ Reception Centre was established in Chui Police District,
bringing together front-line police officers and community members in one building,
increasing accessibility, accountability and partnership in crime prevention. This Centre
brought together the police officers of Public Peace and Order Department with members of
the Local Crime Prevention Centre to streamline joint crime prevention efforts. In addition, a
special room was allocated for citizen’s reception during the day, shelter for victims of
domestic violence and a room for homeless persons.
With the aim of ensuring that human rights are not violated in police facilities and that false
allegations are not made against police, surveillance cameras were installed both in the
newly established Centre and Chui District Police. To serve the highly multi-ethnic
communities, co-operation was enhanced between police and members of the Local Crime
Prevention Centre by uniting them in the same housing facilities. The Community Policing
Training Centre in Osh has performed comparatively better, hosting more than five regular
trainings and open-door days. Over 150 first-year police officers and mid-level managers
were trained by MoI instructors, who previously had undergone training-of-trainers
programmes by the OSCE/CiB.
Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan
The CSI contributed both significantly and crucially towards achieving positive results in
security, police reform and inter-ethnic relations. In 2014, the CSI continued to build the
capacity of the local police in community policing and the Mobile Police Reception vehicle
(MPR) concept. More than 600 officers attended over 24 training events during the period,
with the overall goal of substantially increasing the police capacity to interact with the public
and to sensitively and professionally address their safety concerns. During this 12-month
period, the MPR units received a total of 19,530 visits by local citizens (6,741 women and
12,789 men). 2014 saw increasing confidence of women in approaching the MPR to voice
their concerns. Over 34 per cent of the interactions for the year were female citizens who
lodged a diverse number of safety, economic and social concerns with the police. During the
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