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Kosovo Police Service School begins training supervisors
Pristina 30 June 2000
PRISTINA, 30 June 2000 - A new phase of the OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School is being launched Monday, when the first supervisors training course gets underway.
The course is for Kosovo police officers who may rise through the ranks to become supervisors within the police force. It will cover issues of leadership, management training and motiviation.
"We want to create a pool of potential supervisors," said Rin Shadforth, the Chief of Staff of the School. "We are not appointing supervisors yet but we want to make sure the people are ready for when we move onto that stage."
Sixteen potential supervisors - 15 men and one woman - have been chosen through UNMiK Civilian Police for this first, pilot, course. All are graduates of the Kosovo Police Service School. They will return to the school in Vucitrn/Vusshtri for 12 days to attend the supervisors course.
There is an estimated need for 900 supervisors, middle managers and advisors for the Kosovo Police Service. The supervisors course is in addition to the basic police training which is conducted at the Police Service School, which has already involved more than 1,000 Kosovars of all ethnicities.
The new course is another step in the construction of a democratic, trained police force for Kosovo. The training will be carried out by police officers from various countries who are trying to instill in their students a working respect for international standards of human rights and an understanding of the role of the police in the community.
For further information, contact Press and Public Information of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, tel.: +381 38 500 162 ext. 118, 218, 260, 342. Satphone: 871 762 009 948. Fax: +381 38 500 188. Satfax: 871 382 425 022.
The course is for Kosovo police officers who may rise through the ranks to become supervisors within the police force. It will cover issues of leadership, management training and motiviation.
"We want to create a pool of potential supervisors," said Rin Shadforth, the Chief of Staff of the School. "We are not appointing supervisors yet but we want to make sure the people are ready for when we move onto that stage."
Sixteen potential supervisors - 15 men and one woman - have been chosen through UNMiK Civilian Police for this first, pilot, course. All are graduates of the Kosovo Police Service School. They will return to the school in Vucitrn/Vusshtri for 12 days to attend the supervisors course.
There is an estimated need for 900 supervisors, middle managers and advisors for the Kosovo Police Service. The supervisors course is in addition to the basic police training which is conducted at the Police Service School, which has already involved more than 1,000 Kosovars of all ethnicities.
The new course is another step in the construction of a democratic, trained police force for Kosovo. The training will be carried out by police officers from various countries who are trying to instill in their students a working respect for international standards of human rights and an understanding of the role of the police in the community.
For further information, contact Press and Public Information of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, tel.: +381 38 500 162 ext. 118, 218, 260, 342. Satphone: 871 762 009 948. Fax: +381 38 500 188. Satfax: 871 382 425 022.