OSCE, EU TRAIN ARMENIAN POLICE IN PUBLIC ORDER MANAGEMENT
armradio.am
26.04.2012 12:47
The OSCE and the EU concluded 4-weeks of strategic and tactical
planning training for Armenian police today in Yerevan.
The training courses aimed to develop the capabilities of some 100
senior, middle and junior level Armenian police officials dealing
with public order management. Topics included operational planning,
effective command and control, negotiation techniques in line with
international standards, threat and risk assessment, use of information
and intelligence, legality, accountability and transparency, as well
as relations with the media and communication methods.
“Maintaining public order throughout the whole electoral period and at
the polling stations on election day is an important responsibility of
the police that can impact on the conduct of electoral processes,” said
Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. “We
believe that effective planning as well as proper negotiation between
the police and any crowds is a key to ensuring safety and security,
especially in the pre-election period”.
“Free and fair elections are an important pre-requisite for the
development of EU-Armenia relations. The role of the police in the
electoral process is essential in terms of ensuring transparency,
as well as public confidence,” said Traian Hristea, the Head of the
EU Delegation to Armenia.
Fifty-five representatives of the Fourth Special Battalion troops
of the Police Patrol Regiment who are directly involved in crowd
management practised the techniques during the last week of the
training.
The two recent guidebooks on police conduct, use of force and
negotiation techniques in public order management developed with OSCE
support last year were used during the training course.
The training is part of a 1.7 million euro project on strengthening
electoral processes in Armenia in line with international standards,
implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and financed by the EU.
From: Baghdasarian