OSCE Office promotes strengthened co-operation between Armenian police and media
armradio.am
14:05 20.10.2012
Encouraging effective partnerships between the police and the media is
the aim of a two-day workshop that started in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia
today. The two-day event is co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan
and the Armenian police.
Some 30 media representatives and 20 police officers will discuss
media coverage of sensitive areas, such as pre-trial investigation of
criminal cases, cases involving juveniles and drug trafficking.
`Effective co-operation between the police and the media is essential
for society to be better informed about police activities and the
overall security situation in the country, which in turn can help
police fight crime,’ said Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE
Office in Yerevan.
Dusko Zavisic, an expert from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, will
participate in a workshop to share his experience of police-media
co-operation with Armenian counterparts.
Lieutenant-General Vladimir Gasparyan, the Head of the Armenian
Police, welcomed the initiative: `Enhancing co-operation with the
media is in line with our efforts to raise the transparency of police
work. Journalists should be well informed about the specifics of
police activities in order to provide objective and correct
information to people.’
`The goal of today’s event is also to discuss the problems and general
concerns with finding common solutions.’
The OSCE Office in Yerevan has been implementing a number of
activities to promote better police-media co-operation since 2009.
This includes roundtable discussions between police officers and media
representatives in Armenian regions, the production of a guidebook for
the police on how to deal with the media, training for police officers
involved in press and public affairs and the modernization of the
police website to provide up-to-date information to the public.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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