Interpol ConferenceHeads of Training

South Africa

A powerful international Learning Environment

for professional Police Organizations

Drs. Wim Broer

Director Knowledge Network

Police Academy of the Netherlands

Aim of Presentation

Establishment of a Network of International Partnerships for development and co-operation between policing communities

– Networks as driving forces• Using of digital networks

– International Partnerships• Support by International Organisations

– Policing Communities• Innovative culture

Action plan for launching a meta site – To improve the level of explicit professional knowledge – To stimulate the sharing of applied scientific research on

policing– To bridge the gap between developments in different countries

Overview of presentation

The need for innovation in a competitive world– Rising demands on police services in complex societies– The potential of modern ICT as a catalyst for learning

organisations A Police Learning Architecture

– The Knowledge Value Chain– The Police Knowledge Model

The challenge of international cooperation– Research and Development– Some Multi-Media training modules

• Prof Check• Virtual City

International Police Expertise Platform (IPEP)– A meta platform for international cooperation

• www.ipep.info

Challenge of Knowledge Management

Need of knowledge is enormous– Societal issues and police developments are overwhelming, so empower

policemen with high quality content Action Learning

– Learning in the context of the workplace can be supported in a very efficient and effective way

Possibilities of the new media– No restrictions in time and place for an organisation with a 24*7 culture

Sharing of knowledge: a cultural factor– Availability of knowledge is a management responsibility, so why should

police academies not liberating the access Networks are the driving forces

– Synergy between professionalism and modern ICT increases the performance of private and public organisations

A competitive mentality as a basic condition– Our opponents (Organised criminals and Terrorists) are using ICT, so why

not the police?

The competitive edge !

The concepts of knowledge management

The policy development circle The main functions of modern police academies The knowledge value chain Categories of knowledge and different knowledge

services

The classical and the modern way of attending conferences– Added value of Interpol conferences ?

The challenge of the network society– Communities of Practice– Experts banks with profiles of experts

Services of a modern Police Academy

Research

Professionals

Knowledge

EducationSelection

Development

Community Policing

Crisis management

Crime Fighting and Detection

Public Order & Danger Control

Leadership

Traffic and Environmental control

Selection Educational

Development Recruiting Testing Evaluating Education

Modelling Validating Collecting Using Evaluating Dissemi-

nating

The Knowledge Value Chain

Collecting Collecting Modelling Modelling Publishing Publishing Using Using Evaluating Evaluating

IntuitiveInterface

IntuitiveInterface

IntranetsInternet

IntranetsInternet

Technology

AppliedPolice

Science

AppliedPolice

Science

Learning OrganisationLearning

OrganisationCultureStrategicchoices

Strategicchoices

Validating Validating

DataWarehouses

DataWarehouses

Ambition for Knowledge Management

PKBPolice Knowledge Bank

Collecting Modelling Validating Disseminating Using Evaluating

Professional Expertise

AppliedResearch

Commercial Sources

Publications

Conferences

Education

Websites

Games

ContributionPartners

Police Science

Development of Policing

Profession

Tactical

JuridicalTechnical

Organisation

External

Internal

Target groups

Structure

Culture

EnvironmentPhysical Virtual

Intellectual

Functionalities of an International Network

Knowledge bank– Deductive (formal an d validated)– Inductive (Wikipedia for Policing)

Communities of Practice– Closed User groups– Open platforms for requests

Virtual Laboratories– Social development– Forensic / technical– Technological innovations

Expert bank– Police Experts– Outside Experts (screening)

E-Learning – Organised supply of courses

• RCMP– Self supporting

• The Netherlands

Searching – Engines– Thesaurus

Optreden huis verdachte

Australasian Knowledge Net

Canadian Police Knowledge Net

PKN of the Netherlands

EPLN of Cepol

Country Choice

IPEP: a meta siteInternational Police Expertise Platform

Overview of Police Sites

Adequate planning

Proposal

An international Police Knowledge Network

– International Code of Police Conduct as Frame of

Reference

– Best practices of universal police protocols

– E-Learning modules

• Peace keeping

• Riot control

• Detective work

• Forensic Technical procedures

– In text and multi media format

– Available for every country

• For direct use

• To be translated in the native language

English

French

Spanish

Arab

Main languages

Interpol United Nations

Action Plan

Steering Group– Four or five countries– Representative of Interpol

Functional design– Basic requirements– Long term ambition

Business Case– Supply Side– Demand side

Stakeholders– Founding fathers– International organisations

Funding– International organisations (Interpol / UN / World Bank)– Launching a Foundation for an adequate governance

Planning– 2007: Launching Version 1– 2008: Implementation Version 2

Achieving the Top by Learning

‘Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world’

Nelson Mandela