InterAmerican Network for Police Development and Professionalization Committee

Inter-American Network for Police Development and Professionalization Committee on Hemispheric Security Washington, D. C. May 7, 2015

Specific GS/OAS Mandates 1 2 3 4 5 Declaration on Security in the Americas – 2003 Commitment to Public Security in the Americas 2008 – MISPA I Consensus of Santo Domingo on Public Security in the Americas 2009 – MISPA II Port of Spain Recommendations for Police Management 2011 – MISPA III Medellin Recommendations for Strengthening International Cooperation 2013 – MISPA IV

Objectives Systematically contribute to the ongoing strengthening of the professional development of police institutions in member states 1 Develop a police knowledge management system based on onsite and online training 2 Introduce sub-regional best practices and foster horizontal cooperation 3 Develop and promote a network for exchanging experiences and police practices Promote the ongoing betterment of police institutions through 4 an international quality management standard and certification.

Strategic Partners

Other strategic partners: Police Institutions and Academies in the 34 Member States •

Inter-American Network for Police Development and Professionalization Ongoing Process of Validation and Assessment Police Development and Professionalizatio n Training On-site Police Training Courses Online Police Training Courses Initial Remedial Course Online Courses Sub-regional Seminars Permanent Network for Cooperation and Exchange of Experiences Quality Management Certification

INTER-AMERICAN NETWORK FOR POLICE DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONALIZATION Pillar III: Pillar I: Training Pillar II: Sub-regional Seminars Permanent Network for Cooperation and Exchange of Experiences Pillar IV: Certification in Quality Management Ongoing Process of Validation and Assessment

Pillar I: Police training needs assessment • With technical support from AMERIPOL Social • 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 Security Geopolitical Institutional

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 • Courses based on needs assessment, in consultation with through an online education member states: 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 Quality Management Drugs Gender Leveling Course Human Rights Other Courses Police Intelligence

Pillar II: Sub-regional Seminars • Introduction of best practices and relevant topics affecting each subregion • 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 Develop Curricula and Materials Validation by Member States On-site and online Courses Sub-regional Seminars Cooperation Network Certification Process for Excellence in Police Management nit Mo Assessment or ing Redesign of Content

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.