OSCE supports Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry in expanding the network of mobile police receptions

Ten minibuses equipped to act as mobile police reception units were donated on 7 February 2024 to Tajikistan's Ministry of Interior by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe under the project on Mobile Police Stations, part of the OSCE’s police reform programme for the country.

The vehicles will be used to carry out community policing tasks and will create better working conditions for police officers to travel to rural areas and provide legal assistance to local citizens.

Jukka Tuononen, the Officer-in-Charge of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon, Tajikistan’s Interior Minister participated in the handover ceremony.

“The mobile police reception units will help police officers to move more quickly, to receive applications and addresses from the citizens and make the police more accessible to the public,” Tuononen said. “The OSCE will continue its co-operation and support of the Ministry in the area of community policing across the country for the benefit of the people of Tajikistan.”

Colonel General Rahimzoda Ramazon expressed his sincere gratitude to the OSCE for firming up the capacity of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan. He emphasized the significance of the OSCE and the Ministry's collaborative initiative in implementing police reform.

By 2024, the Programme Office has already donated seventeen minibuses to the Ministry to expand the network of mobile police receptions throughout the country. The total amount of funds spent on the donated minibuses has so far amounted to 254,800 euros.