OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Police Academy discuss possibilities for co-operation in order to meet needs of police cadets

On 14 October, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Dominique Waag, visited the Police Academy in Danilovgrad and met with its acting director Vladimir Stanišić. The meeting discussed challenges that the Academy faces and possibilities for future co-operation.

Ambassador Waag said that the Police Academy has the most important role in providing police education and professional shaping of future police staff. “I especially praise the role of the Academy in increasing the number of women cadets, thus contributing to increasing the overall number of women in the police service, and help better meet the needs of the society,” said Ambassador Waag.

She was interested in how the Academy will increase the number of recruited cadets, especially having in mind that the number of retired police officers is usually higher than number of enrolled students in the Academy. “The Mission is strongly supporting the Police Directorate in police professionalization and enhancing police officers’ capacities in various fields. An e-learning platform will be launched soon. The Mission will adjust its support in order to better meet the needs of the police cadets, based on the coordination process between these two institutions,” said Ambassador Waag.

Acting director Stanišić said that the number and quality of teaching staff needs to be improved through future joint co-operation, in order to meet the requirements defined by the Law on General Education. He added that technical capacities of the Academy also need to be improved in meeting the increased training needs for officers from the Ministry of Interior and the Police Directorate.

Speaking about the international co-operation, Stanišić expressed special gratitude to the Head of the OSCE Mission for the previous support to the Academy, through professional and specialist training courses, donations and study visits.