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    States News Service
    March 30, 2012 Friday


    OSCE OFFICE AWARDS COMMUNITY POLICING CERTIFICATES TO ARMENIAN POLICE OFFICERS

    YEREVAN


    The following information was released by the Organization for
    Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):

    Fifteen police officers were awarded certificates of completion for an
    OSCE-supported train-the-trainers course on community policing that
    ended today in Yerevan.

    The three-week training course aimed to prepare police trainers on
    community policing. The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador
    Andrey Sorokin, and the Head of the Armenian Police,
    Lieutenant-General Vladimir Gasparyan, awarded the certificates to the
    participants, who included five trainers from the Police Educational
    Complex and ten operational officers in command positions.

    "Community policing training is one of the imperatives for the
    Armenian police today, especially in view of the fact that it is
    envisaged to deploy the community policing model throughout Yerevan
    from 1 June this year. It is our belief that after this training,
    participants will be able to cascade the acquired knowledge among
    their staff and students," said Sorokin.

    The first weeks of the course focused on introducing the general
    concept of community policing, the difference between community and
    traditional policing, and citizen engagement methodologies.
    Participants also discussed barriers to the introduction of community
    policing in Armenia from police and citizen perspectives, as well as
    ways to overcome them. During the last week, participants delivered
    their own presentations on assigned topics to demonstrate their
    acquired knowledge and training skills.

    "Community policing is a different approach to policing communities. I
    am pleased to see that participants are those who could further
    disseminate this important message around community policing. They all
    have displayed all the skills to undertake that role and I would
    encourage managers and senior members of the Armenian police to
    actively support them in this transition," added David I'Anson, a
    community policing expert from the United Kingdom who led the course.

    The OSCE Office has been assisting the Armenian Police in introducing
    community policing since 2006. It is part of a major police reform
    project aimed at promoting democratic policing practices in Armenia.

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