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Working on a Community Policing doctrine and policy for the Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Initiated two years after the peace agreement in 2004, the national dialogue over the police reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in the identification of community policing as one of the top priorities of the government. We assisted the Police Reform Committee in designing a national policy document on community policing. The policy was officially adopted in June 2010. |
Community Policing
Policing experienced a progressive historical shift of paradigm, moving from a state-oriented police to a community-responsive police. The shift often accompanies decentralization of policing; creates platforms and forums of consultation with communities; recognizes the “soft power” of communities; revitalizes local and municipal policing and reorganize the competencies between the national and the local level of policing. There is no one-size-fits-all community policing model. Community policing is embedded in local political culture, constitutions, and the dimensions of the security problems.
» research papers on community policing
Related pages
- Communication of Policing
- Green Policing
- Local Diagnostics of Security
