Title: 
Headings:  Police Reform
Police
 
Reform

Applying
 
the
 
principles
 
of
 
good
 
security
 
sector
 
governance
 
to
 
policing

About
 
this
 
series

About
 
this
 
SSR
 
Backgrounder

How
 
is
 
gender
 
equality
 
part
 
of
 
police
 
reform?
 

What
 
is
 
police
 
reform?

Why
 
is
 
police
 
reform
 
necessary?
 

Judicial
 
oversight

Internal
 
control
 
and
 
supervision
control

External
 
oversight
Legal
 
framework
 
and
  

legislative
 
oversight

Public
 
oversight
External
 
support
–
 
Media

Good
 
security
 
sector
 
governance
 
(SSG)
 
and
 
security
 
sector
 
reform
 
(SSR)
  
Good
 
SSG
 

Is
 
there
 
a
 
model
 
for
 
police
 
reform?

Capacity
 
and
 
effectiveness
Integrity
 
and
 
accountability

How
 
are
 
police
 
reforms
 
carried
 
out?

The
 
four
 
main
 
phases
 
of
 
police
 
reform

Strategic
 
assessment
Strategic
 
planning

Implementation
Evaluation

How
 
is
 
gender
 
equality
 
part
 
of
 
police
 
reform?

Police
 
reform
 
in
 
post-conflict
 
contexts

What
 
to
 
read
 
next

Sector:
 
Police
 
Services
 

“Shock
 
Therapy”
 
in
 
Ukraine:
 
A
 
Radical
 
Approach
 
to
 
Post-Soviet
 
Police
 
Reform
 

Guidebook
 
on
 
Democratic
 
Policing,
 
2nd
 
ed.
 

Vienna:
 
OSCE,
 
2008.
 

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DCAF
 
resources

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to
 
thank
  

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editor
 

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Content: The
 
police
 
are
  
the
 
primary
 
state
 
security
 
provider
 
responsible
 
for
 
protecting
 
people
 
and
 
property
 
through
 
public
 
assistance,
 
law
 
enforcement,
 
the
 
maintenance
  
of
 
peaceful
 
public
 
order,
 
and
 
the
 
identification
 
and
 
prevention
 
of
 
crime. The
 
goal
 
of
 
police
 
reform
 
is
 
to
 
ensure
 
that
 
policing
 
becomes
 
more
 
effective,
 
more
 
accountable
 
and
 
more
 
responsive
 
to
 
the
 
needs
 
of
 
all
 
members
 
of
 
society
 
within
 
a
 
framework
 
of
 
democratic
 
security
 
sector
 
governance. How
 
are
 
police
 
reforms
 
carried
 
out? Page
 
6
How
 
is
 
gender
 
equality
 
part
 
of
 
police
 
reform? Page
 
8
What
 
is
 
police
 
reform? In
 
an
 
SSR
 
context,
 
police
 
reform
 
aims
 
to
 
transform
 
the
 
values,
 
culture,
 
policies
 
and
 
practices
 
of
 
police
 
organizations
 
so
 
that
 
police
 
can
 
perform
 
their
 
duties
 
with
 
respect
 
for
 
democratic
 
values,
 
human
 
rights
 
and
 
the
 
rule
 
of
 
law. Such
 
reform
 
aims
 
to
 
achieve
 
a
 
professional
 
style
 
of
 
democratic
 
policing
 
that: Takes
 
a
 
people-centred
 
approach
 
to
 
security; Protects
 
human
 
rights
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
national
 
and
 
international
 
law; Is
 
responsive
 
to
 
the
 
different
 
security
 
needs
 
of
 
all
 
people
 
regardless
 
of
 
gender,
 
age,
 
class,
 
ethnicity
 
or
 
other
 
characteristic
 
or
 
association;