Inter-American Network for Police Development and

Professionalization

Committee on Hemispheric SecurityWashington, D.C.

May 7, 2015

Specific GS/OAS MandatesDeclaration on Security in the Americas – 2003 Declaration on Security in the Americas – 2003

Consensus of Santo Domingo on Public Security in the Americas 2009 – MISPA II

Consensus of Santo Domingo on Public Security in the Americas 2009 – MISPA II

Commitment to Public Security in the Americas 2008 – MISPA I

Commitment to Public Security in the Americas 2008 – MISPA I

Port of Spain Recommendations for Police Management 2011 – MISPA III

Port of Spain Recommendations for Police Management 2011 – MISPA III

Medellin Recommendations for Strengthening International Cooperation 2013 – MISPA IV

Medellin Recommendations for Strengthening International Cooperation 2013 – MISPA IV

Objectives

Develop a police knowledge management system based on on-site and online training

Develop a police knowledge management system based on on-site and online training

Introduce sub-regional best practices and foster horizontal cooperation

Introduce sub-regional best practices and foster horizontal cooperation

Develop and promote a network for exchanging experiences and police practices

Develop and promote a network for exchanging experiences and police practices

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Systematically contribute to the ongoing strengthening of the professional development of police institutions in member states Systematically contribute to the ongoing strengthening of the

professional development of police institutions in member states

Promote the ongoing betterment of police institutions through an international quality

management standard and certification.

Promote the ongoing betterment of police institutions through an international quality

management standard and certification.44

Strategic Partners

Other strategic partners:

• Police Institutions and Academies in the 34 Member States

Inter-American Network for Police Development and Professionalization

Sub-regional Seminars

On-site Police Training Courses

Online Police Training Courses

Initial Remedial Course

Online Courses

Permanent Network for

Cooperation and Exchange of Experiences

Ongoing Process of Validation and Assessment

Quality Management Certification

Police Development and Professionalizatio

n Training

Ongoing Process of Validation

and Assessment

Pillar I: Police training needs assessment

Social

Geopolitical

Institutional

Security

• With technical support from AMERIPOL

• To develop curricula and training materials.

• Based on a needs assessment along 4 axes to develop new skills inside police institutions:

• Methodology: » Literature review» Consultation with experts» Validation

Pillar I: Trends identified in the Assessment:• Social Sphere: Cultural diversification and growing mobility and redefinition of urban

contexts, reshaping of violence and crime, social movements.

• Geopolitical Sphere: The globalization of crime through complex transnational networks, migration processes, and environmental impact.

• Institutional Sphere: New security framework, new police training models, technological development and innovation.

• Security Sphere: Persistent non-traditional threats; trend toward the privatization and militarization of public law enforcement stemming from new approaches.

Pillar I: Training Challenges• Social Aspect: Reliable police with quality service; renewed paradigms and practices;

ability to dialogue and community building; handling diverse types of conflicts; understanding emerging forms of citizen engagement.

• Geopolitical Aspect: Police cooperation; Inter-American regulatory framework; predicting common risks and threats; police knowledge transfer.

• Security Aspect: Fundamentals of public security; methodologies for categorizing phenomena; public security policies with a territorial approach.

• Institutional Aspect: New approaches to effective police leadership; modernization and professionalization of the police; police education reform for a more humane management, based on skills; police performance measurements; innovation and development applied to the police environment; police anti-corruption mechanisms.

Pillar I: On-site Police Training Course• At the Brazilian Federal Police Academy• University and police academy professors + guest professors• 4 weeks in length• Theoretical classes + field experiences • Two (2) participants per OAS member state• Simultaneous interpretation into Spanish, English, and Portuguese• Intensive language courses• OAS + participating university certification• The course will develop the fundamentals for taking the online classes

Pillar I: On-site Police Training Course• MODULE 1: Social Transformation and New Trends in Violence and

Crime in the Americas – Security and democracy in the Americas, social transformation, human rights

and police activities; the drug problem in the Americas

• MODULE 2: Local and transnational organized crime and its impact on the Americas

– Regulatory frameworks; manifestations of organized crime, organization and operations of illegal markets; terrorism

• MODULE 3: Society and Police– Police and building social order; police duties and models

Pillar I: On-site Police Training Course• MODULE 4: Organizational Police Management

– Organizational structure of the police, police management and administration, police and the media.

• MODULE 5: Police Leadership and Management– Police leadership models; police profession and career; from quality management to

excellence in police management; selecting and training police leaders.

• MODULE 6: Police Knowledge Management- Institutional and criminal intelligence knowledge; knowledge management;

new technologies for institutional knowledge

• MODULE FOR FIELD WORK

Pillar I: Online Police Training Courses

• 10 courses offered every 4 months through an online education platform

• Courses available in Spanish, English, and Portuguese

• Courses last 8 to 12 weeks each• Each course will offer slots to 5,000

officers• Certificates issued by the OAS and

participating universities

• Courses based on needs assessment, in consultation with member states:

Pillar II: Sub-regional Seminars• Introduction of best practices and relevant topics affecting each sub-

region• Exchange of experiences and transfer of regional knowledge• Competition on best practices for participants and/or university

researchers • The awards committee for the competition will be comprised of the DPS,

AMERIPOL, and participating universities • Documentation and publication of the best practices awarded • Replication of best practices in other countries in the region and possible

incorporation into the institutional framework• Fostering of horizontal cooperation

Pillar III: Permanent Network for Cooperation and Exchange of Experiences

• Strengthening of training processes• Cooperation among the region’s police institutions• Exchange of information and knowledge• Forum for reflection and collaborative teamwork• Dissemination of relevant information• Sustainability of the program

Pillar IV: Certification Process for Excellence in Management

• Create an international standard for implementation of the Certification for Excellence in Police Management, ISO 9001:2015

• Strengthen police institutional capacity and promote the ongoing improvement of police-service impacts on public security

• Support countries in the implementation of the ISO standard in police institutions

• OAS certification

Ongoing Process of Validation and Assessment

Validation by Member States

On-site and online CoursesSub-regional Seminars Cooperation Network

Certification Process for Excellence in Police Management

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Expected Results• Establish a comprehensive mechanism that strengthens and improves police

institutional capacity.• Holistic approach: ongoing process for training, exchange of information,

experiences, and best practices among police institutions, and certification of excellence in police management.

• Promotion of coordination among member states to confront current and future public security challenges.

• Aggregate the scientific value of universities in professional development for police through accreditation of the courses offered.

• 340 trained police leaders to promote the program in member states.• 200,000 police trained across the region in 5 years, all of whom would be

connected through the Network for Police Cooperation and Exchange of Experiences.

Progress • Needs Assessment for Police Knowledge, carried out and validated.

• Two technical meetings to design and develop the training curricula, in coordination with partner universities, the Brazilian Federal Police, Mexican Federal Police, and Ameripol.

• An Educational Planning Guide for the Network, developed.

• Technical consultations for developing an ISO Standard for Excellence in Police Management.

Next steps

• Development of the Standard for Excellent in Police Management, based on ISO 9001:2015

• Second half of 2015: First on-site course with 68 police from the participating regions.

• Second half of 2015: First sub-regional seminar.