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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Content: 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; Assists
 
all
 
people,
 
in
 
particular
 
those
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
community
 
in
 
need
 
of
 
immediate
 
help; Upholds
 
high
 
levels
 
of
 
accountability
 
in
 
its
 
conduct; Establishes
 
an
 
effective
 
system
 
of
 
democratic
 
control
 
and
 
oversight
 
over
 
the
 
police; Builds
 
a
 
public
 
service
 
that
 
is
 
efficient
 
and
 
effective. Police
 
reform
 
also
 
aims
 
to
 
improve
 
how
 
the
 
police
 
interact
 
with
 
other
 
parts
 
of
 
the
 
security
 
sector,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
courts
 
and
 
departments
 
of
 
corrections,
 
or
 
executive,
 
parliamentary
 
or
 
independent
 
authorities
 
with
 
management
 
or
 
oversight
 
responsibilities
 
(see
 
figure
 
1).