• EN
  • /
  • UA
  • Home
  • Our mission
    • About Us
    • The Civilian Security Sector
    • Our mandate and priorities
    • EU missions worldwide
    • Vacancies
    • Procurement
  • Our Team
    • Leadership
    • Mission organigramme
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Press Releases
    • Opinion & Interviews
    • Infographics & Photos
    • Video
    • Press material
  • Contacts

Menu
  • EN
  • /
  • UA
  • Home
  • Community policing

Community policing

A cornerstone of a democratic society is that citizens have a right to say how they would like to be policed. Community policing involves building trust within communities through direct interaction and dialogue.

It is a style of policing, an ethos, that is based on a partnership between the police and the community, and a recognition that prevention and combating of crime is not a matter for the police alone — that crime prevention is everyone’s responsibility.

There is no defined template for successfully integrating the community into police work — in different countries it takes different forms. A common structure for implementing community policing takes the form of Citizens’ Advisory Groups. These groups usually include elected representatives, members of the local business community, employees of public bodies (for example teachers, hospital workers, etc) or religious leaders. These groups can help identify hot spots where crime or anti-social behaviour takes place and assist in drawing up action plans to solve problems.

More than anything, community policing is based on building trust with the local community. This involves transparency and openness in relation to police activities. People expect and deserve information about policing styles, operations and incidents, as well as respect for and protection of human rights. Trust requires treating members of the public as customers that have needs to be met, accompanied by a willingness to listen to and act upon public opinion regarding policing priorities.

Community policing is a new concept in Ukraine, and EUAM is assisting the National Police of Ukraine to make community policing a cornerstone of police work. Together with the National Police and international partners, EUAM has also established a working group on community policing. Ultimately, the objective is to change the culture of policing from being instruments of the state to servants of the people.

EUAM-Civil Society e-Talk: a human rights perspective for the platform’s first outing

October 10, 2020

International actors join forces to create space for police-community dialogue 

October 09, 2020

EUAM shares international tips for police on how to deal with domestic violence

October 02, 2020

EUAM shares ways to build citizens’ trust with a new generation of police officers

September 10, 2020

EUAM brings community policing to 15 tourist police stations in Odesa

September 04, 2020

Police-civil society workshop in Odesa region produces new citizen advisory groups

August 13, 2020

Community policing seeks local solutions for local problems

July 24, 2020

EUAM goes east prior to official launch of mission field office in Mariupol

July 16, 2020

EUAM signs cooperation agreement with the United Nations Development Programme

July 06, 2020

Danish and Portuguese police give Donetsk officers flavour of life under lockdown

June 12, 2020
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Follow Us

Tweets by EUAM_Ukraine

Follow us on social media:

INFOSHEET

EUAM in facts and figures

4 V, Volodymyrskyi Uzviz, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001

NEWSROOM

  • Latest News
  • Press Releases
  • Opinion & Interviews
  • Infographics & Photos
  • Video
  • Newsletters
  • Press material

USEFUL LINKS

  • Vacancies
  • Procurement
  • Our Partners
  • Legislative Base
  • The EU and Ukraine
  • Privacy statements

Follow Us

X
×

THANK YOU!

Your request has been successfully sent. Our manager will contact you shortly.

Creative Commons License
EUAM Ukraine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 License.