Norwegian police officers visit OSCE Skopje Mission
(OSCE/Maria Dotsenko)A police officer who is a member of a Citizens' Advisory Group talks to citizens in Bitola, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (OSCE/Maria Dotsenko) Photo details
SKOPJE, 8 May 2007 - Nine Norwegian police officers visited the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje this week to study community policing, and activities aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking.
"This visit provided us with insight into ways to overcome the challenges a country faces in its transition to democracy and in its progress towards developing democratic policing," said Rolf Johannessen, the head of the Norwegian delegation from the Operational Centre of the Oslo Police District. "We were able to see concrete results of OSCE activities in the field."
The community policing concept was first introduced in 2002 by the OSCE Mission together with the Interior Ministry in order to increase the confidence of citizens in the police and help make police work more efficient.
Philip Tolson, the Head of the Mission's Police Development Unit, added: "We are very pleased and proud of the interest neighbouring countries and OSCE participating States show in our daily work, and are encouraged by the progress the country's police force has made so far."
In the last two years, representatives from the Kosovo Centre for Public Safety Education and Development and from the Georgian Interior Ministry also visited Skopje to learn about community policing activities.
"This visit provided us with insight into ways to overcome the challenges a country faces in its transition to democracy and in its progress towards developing democratic policing," said Rolf Johannessen, the head of the Norwegian delegation from the Operational Centre of the Oslo Police District. "We were able to see concrete results of OSCE activities in the field."
The community policing concept was first introduced in 2002 by the OSCE Mission together with the Interior Ministry in order to increase the confidence of citizens in the police and help make police work more efficient.
Philip Tolson, the Head of the Mission's Police Development Unit, added: "We are very pleased and proud of the interest neighbouring countries and OSCE participating States show in our daily work, and are encouraged by the progress the country's police force has made so far."
In the last two years, representatives from the Kosovo Centre for Public Safety Education and Development and from the Georgian Interior Ministry also visited Skopje to learn about community policing activities.