End of 10-visit… UN Police Chief calls for a broader Police-Civilian partnership

Tuesday April 19, 2016

The Chief of the Standing Police Capacity (SPC) in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Ms. Maria Appelblom, said last week that Sierra Leone has made impressive gains in community policing and called for a broader police–public partnership.
Ms. Appelblom, from Sweden, concluded a 10-day visit to Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone to capture lessons learned during the transition from conflict. She noted that lessons from previous UN missions, such as in Sierra Leone, could be applied to better meet the challenges in other countries with exiting UN Missions, such as Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia. Ms. Appelblom also highlighted the added value of the SPC support to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone with a view to further strengthening cooperation.
Referring to Sierra Leone’s successful transition from conflict, Ms. Appelblom said, “Successful developments have been made and I would like to see the lessons that can be captured from the transition in Sierra Leone and used for the benefit of other missions.”

see more at:  http://awoko.org/2016/04/19/sierra-leone-newsend-of-10-visit-un-police-chief-calls-for-a-broader-police-civilian-partnership/