citizen-oriented way. Participants included investigators, duty officers, male and female police and young officers. On 17-18 June, 19-20 June and 23-24 June 2014, the Mission, in co-operation with the Public Enterprise National Parks of Montenegro, organized three two-day trainings for 39 National Park Rangers at the Police Academy in Danilovgrad, in order to promote the protection of national parks. The participants came from Lake Skadar, Biogradska Gora, Durmitor and Lovcen national parks. The main task of these rangers is to maintain internal order and to prevent all forms of illegal activities in these protected areas. Between 27 and 31 October, the Mission, in co-operation with the International Training Centre in Hungary, facilitated a “mental-tactical” course for eight instructors of the Montenegrin Police Academy, which was held in Budapest. The training enabled participants to use “Task and Situation” approaches in real-life policing situations, as well as NeuroLinguistic Programming and mental mapping to assist investigation efforts. On 10-12 November, the Mission organized a course at the Police Academy in Danilovgrad as part of its project for officers of local on-call police stations. The course provided 15 participants with the knowledge to carry out new police organization procedures at On-Call Centres and in other departments and to use modern techniques for managing police units at a crime scene. Overall, since 2012, about 120 police have participated in this course. On 27 November, also at the academy, ten senior police and 11 other officers and trainers on hate crimes attended a workshop based on the ODIHR Training against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement programme. On 27 November, the Mission supported the Police Academy’s “Strategic Planning Workshop on Police Integrity” at the Academy in Danilovgrad. The event followed the seminar of national stakeholders organized by DCAF and the Mission in Podgorica on 25 September 2014. The workshop discussed training required by the Ministry of Interior’s 2014 Integrity Plan and the Academy’s assessment of its priorities for OSCE/DCAF assistance in 2015. Participants were senior and mid-level staff members of the Police Academy, the Ministry of Interior’s Directorate for International Cooperation and EU Integration, the Police Directorate, the Police Internal Control Department and the Legal and Human Resources Directorate. Between 8-25 December, within the project “Establishment of an Efficient System of Prevention and Protection from Domestic Violence”, the Mission and the NGO SOS continued its series of 23 one-day training courses for police on the topic of domestic violence at 15 local police stations in Kotor, Tivat and Pluzine. The project aimed to increase the competency of police personnel in addressing domestic violence in the regions. Community Policing From 17-21 February, the Mission assisted the Montenegrin Police Academy in Danilovgrad to commence its new training cycle on community-based policing for ten local police managers. The Mission’s police training and education officer delivered a presentation on OSCE practices in developing community policing at the first training session. The purpose was to continue building the knowledge of local police managers on community-based policing practices. Organized Crime in General The Mission provided assistance to the Police Crime Service and the Organised Crime Department in order to strengthen their investigative capacities. The Mission assisted the 85

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