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OSCE provides resources to improve police-community relations in Tajikistan

4 September 2020
Representatives of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Interior, OSCE staff and local community during the inauguration of a Model Police station in Safed-dara, the Varzob District, Tajikistan, 1 September 2020. (OSCE/Bahrom Alimov) Photo details

Ceremonies to inaugurate offices for Public Councils, devoted to promoting community policing, and to open a third Model Police station took place on 31 August in Dushanbe and on 1 September 2020 in the district of Varzob, respectively.

Providing resources for improving community policing is part of joint efforts by the OSCE Programme Office (POiD) in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Valeriu Chiveri, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, and Lieutenant-General Nazarzoda Sharif, Head of the MIA Directorate took part in the inauguration of the offices for Public Councils. The office premises are fully refurbished and equipped with furniture and modern technology. They will provide a place for territorial police inspectors, members of the Public Council and the community to meet and address public concerns. At the opening ceremony, Lieutenant-General Nazarzoda noted that the opening of these offices would help the Public Council more proactively reach out to citizens.

During the ceremony on 1 September in the village of Safed-dara in the Varzob district, Head of POiD Chiveri, Deputy Interior Minister Major-General Ibrohimzoda Nozim and Sheralizoda Muhammadullo, Chairperson of the Varzob district, inaugurated a third Model Police station, adding to the two stations in Tajikistan.

The Model Police station, composed of three offices and a conference hall, provides the possibility for members of local community and territorial police inspectors to meet and discuss joint measures to ensure public order in their community.

“We hope that the established Model Police station will help to build a close relationship with the local population in order to create accountability and trust between the police and civil society,” said Major-General Ibrohimzoda.

The Tajik MIA and the OSCE jointly implement measures to promote community policing, gain public support and build co-operation between the police and the citizens of Tajikistan.