Strategic Area:                                     Democratic Governance

Alignment with strategic plan:         Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Project Name:                                       Law Enforcement

Duration:                                       2006 - 2009

Project Summary:
The Law enforcement project is part of the Rule of Law and Security strategy and aims at establishing an efficient and adequately equipped and housed professional civilian police force that restores peace while gaining trust of the community. In the first phase (2003-2005), the overall law enforcement objective was to strengthen the police force through training of police recruits, provision of essential equipment and infrastructure rehabilitation. In the second phase (2006-2009), the project puts greater emphasis on specialized training and middle/high cadre police training, institutional development including policy development and comprehensive security sector reform.

Expected outputs of the project are:
•    Civilian policing delivered in selected areas with adequate equipment and structures in place
•    Rehabilitation of police infrastructure
•    Mechanisms in place to monitor application of human rights
•    Development of police strategy in line with Security Sector Reform

Key Achievements:
In order to build a professional civilian police force, the project has supported:
•    training of nearly 3000 police personnel in 2006-7
•    construction/rehabilitation of major police training academies
•    construction and rehabilitation of police stations in key locations
•    setting up of Women and Children desks for the professional investigation of sexual offences and domestic  violence
•    Special Protection Unit (set up for the protection of the humanitarian and diplomatic community) and the Internal Control Unit
•    specialized training on criminal investigation and on traffic patrolling
•    equipment and materials to police
•    strategic development plan for the Somali Police Force and
•    setting up of police advisory committees (PAC) to oversee the operation of the Police Stations, the PAC being the first step in the introduction of civilian oversight of policing issues.