PREPARING POLICE PEACEKEEPERS

Chris Sharwood-SmithSCID SYMPOSIUM - MARCH 2015

EARLY HISTORY

• Little initial police deployment

• Monitoring and reporting function

• Training not seen as a requirement

POST COLD WAR

• Role Change

• The rise of the specialist

• Executive policing

• The push for training• C34• Brahimi

EARLY TRAINING

• UN Police Handbook

• Member state responsibility

• SAT training

STANDARD GENERIC TRAINING MODULES

• OIOS & ITS reports

• UNAMID initiative

• Assistance of IAPTC

STANDARD GENERIC TRAINING MODULES

• 10 day training package based on the SGTM and STM modules concluding with a one-day field exercise where the subjects go through practical exercises in complex situations involving one or more subject matters. • Strategic level overview of UN Peacekeeping. • The establishment and Functioning of UN Peacekeeping Operations.• Effective Mandate Implementation.• Standards, Values and Safety of UN Peacekeeping Personnel.• Specialized Training Modules for UN Police

• legal systems, human rights, detention & use of force• Land Navigation, Radio communication & 4x4 driving

FORMED POLICE UNITS

• New Concept to UN Peacekeeping

• From MSU to FPU

• Disaster in Kosovo

FORMED POLICE UNITS

• What is an FPU?

• Cracks in the system

• PT3 checks

FORMED POLICE UNITS

• PT3 Results

• Need for MTTs of a UN curriculum

• Moscow MTTs

FORMED POLICE UNITS

• Doctrine Development Group

• New Policy - New curriculum

• Train the Trainer

FORMED POLICE UNITS - CURRICULUM

• The PDT Modules for Individual police officers

• Crowd Control

• Firearms

• Command Staff Module

THE FUTURE

• Specialisation

• Strategic Doctrinal Framework

• PDT for all?