Community policing Community policing Lithuanian experience Lithuanian experience

Kestutis Lancinskas

Head of International Co-operation Unit

Police department at the MiO

Kingdom of Bahrain

11-15 October 2003

POLICE SYSTEM

Brief introduction of Lithuania; Lithuanian police; Lithuanian way of Community policing.

EUROPE LITHUANIA

FACTS ABOUT LITHUANIA

Territory: 65 303 km65 303 km22

Population: ~3,49 mln. ~3,49 mln. State language: Lithuanian State structure: 10 counties, 62 municipalities Currency: LitasLitas Capital: VilniusVilnius Main religion: BasketballMain religion: Basketball

LITHUANIAN POLICELITHUANIAN POLICE

The Police System is comprised of:

- Police Department at the MIO;

- Territorial Police Units;

- Specialised Police Units: Criminal Police Bureau, Forensic Investigation Center, Witnesses and Victims protection Service; Lithuanian Police Training

Centre,Rapid response team, etc.

POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE MIAMIA The Police Department at the MIA:

– Ensures fulfilment of police tasks ascribed by the Law on Police activities;

– Controls and coordinates activity of subordinate police units and issues recommendations and instructions;

– Forms common activity strategy and personnel management policy for subordinate police units;

POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE MIAMIA

– Ensures fulfilment of state programmes in police units;

TERRITORIAL POLICE UNITS TERRITORIAL POLICE UNITS 10 Counties Police HQ;59 Local Police units.

LITHUANIA

TERRITORIAL POLICE UNITSTERRITORIAL POLICE UNITS

Counties police HQ (Higher level):– Established in counties’ centres;– Coordinate and control the activities of

regional police units;– Responsible for the budget’s drafting

and strategic plan of police activities on counties level.

TERRITORIAL POLICE UNITSTERRITORIAL POLICE UNITS

Local police units (Commissariats):- Established in administrative centers of the Municipalities;- responsible for the public order and public security;

- together with local authorities, public organizations and residents draw up and implement crime prevention programs.

TERRITORIAL POLICE UNITSTERRITORIAL POLICE UNITS

Structure of the Police Unit:

Public (uniform) police division:

- Patrol Police officers;

- Traffic police officers;

- Local (Community) police officers;

- Police officers of Juvenile affairs;

Criminal Police division.

AMBIVALENCE OF POLICE FUNCTIONSAMBIVALENCE OF POLICE FUNCTIONS

Major part of the Public police activities is decentralised and oriented to the community;

Activity of the Criminal police is centralised.

 

POLICE SUPPORTERS POLICE SUPPORTERS

Principal duties:- to assist police in order to maintain

public order prevent criminal offence, etc.

- to render first aid to the crime victims.

AMBIVALENCE OF POLICE FUNCTIONSAMBIVALENCE OF POLICE FUNCTIONS

Existing police structure and policy oriented towards the criminal prosecution function (characteristic of Poland, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Spain).

Strong demand from the community to investigate criminal offences. Criterion of public opinion on the police based on the rates of solved crimes;

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