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363. Evolution of UN Police rolesDepending upon the nature of conflict and the mandate of the mission UNPolice may be asked to perform the following roles:• Monitoring/Advising Functions• Restructure and Reform of the local Police• Training and Mentoring Functions• Executive Police Functions• Monitoring/Advising FunctionsMonitoring / Advising function has been traditional form of UN Policeactivities. Under these circumstances the UN Police officers are co-locatedwith the local Police and supervise the functioning of the local Police,giving them advice whenever required. The UN Police officers are requiredto be present close to the local police during inspection of crime scenes,seizure of evidences, arrests, house searches, interrogations and interviewsof the suspects/witnesses, checking of persons & vehicles at the bordercrossing points, traffic regulations, checking at vehicle check points, crowdcontrol, dealing with law & order problems and other such police tasks.They have access to all premises used by Law Enforcement agencies suchas local executive police, Border and Boundary Police, Traffic Police andSpecial Police Units and have access to incoming calls and personsapproaching to the local Police Stations. The UN Police officers also havethe authority and discretion to select specific incidents to monitor. TheUNPOL monitoring programme is in essence, a tool to ensure progress andimprovement in the performance of the local Police to enhance theirefficiency. UN Police officers as Monitor are expected to ensure that theprocess and procedure used by their local Police counterparts are consistentwith Human Rights, International policing standards and Rule of the Law.
37The United Nations Police officers while functioning as monitors normallyretain the executive police powers but are expected to intervene in thefunctioning of the local Police only in extraordinary circumstances such asin the event of grievous human rights violations breaches of law and inorder to protect human life.• Restructure and reform of the local PoliceRestructuring and reform of the local police depends upon the post-conflictenvironment. Firstly, decision is taken whether to keep the existing Policeforce or not. For this purpose assessment of the local Police force is done –how good or functional they are; then, a structure and doctrine is decidedfor the development of the local Police.Restructuring of the local Police, therefore, includes new structure of thelocal Police, logistic support, finance support, use of resources, level oftraining and management. Restructuring and reforming of the local Policeis done with the objective to set up a united and apolitical Police servicesbased on the principles of democratic policing, without military trappings,de-centralized accountability, locally managed resources, decision makingpowers at the lowest possible level, headquarter supports service deliveryon the ground and equal opportunities for all.• Training and Mentoring FunctionsTraining and mentoring functions are undertaken by the UN Police in thepeacekeeping missions with the objective of capacity building andimproving the capabilities of the local Police. In case of absence of localPolice service in the mission area, a new structure of the Police is workedupon and a time frame is set up for the training. To start with, basic trainingto the new recruits is given in a Police Academy and then on-the-job
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Page 4 and 5: 2TABLE OF CONTENTSContentsPage NoAb
Page 6 and 7: 4ABSTRACTSince its inception the Un
Page 8 and 9: 6LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSCUNPKDPKO: Ce
Page 10 and 11: 8INTRODUCTIONMaintaining peace in t
Page 12 and 13: 10which is re-establishing and sust
Page 14 and 15: 12Assembly are not binding on any S
Page 16 and 17: 14calling upon the member States to
Page 18 and 19: 161. Concept and Objectives of UN P
Page 20 and 21: 18provides that the parties of any
Page 22 and 23: 20command, to help control and reso
Page 24 and 25: 22enforcing sanctions for the purpo
Page 26 and 27: 24Belgium invasion. It was the larg
Page 28 and 29: 26countries. Even with these limita
Page 30 and 31: 28• UN Police component responsib
Page 32 and 33: 30two warring States while the inte
Page 34 and 35: 32UNPOL is the United Nations instr
Page 36 and 37: 34• Accompanying Cypriot police p
Page 40 and 41: 38training in the field. During thi
Page 42 and 43: 40o Investigation including custody
Page 44 and 45: 42o Training National Police person
Page 46 and 47: 44The United Nations normally uses
Page 48 and 49: 46assistance and cooperation to the
Page 50 and 51: 48reconciliation and peacebuilding
Page 52 and 53: 50Presence of organized crime can h
Page 54 and 55: 52circumstances the military can he
Page 56 and 57: 54create feeling of insecurity in t
Page 58 and 59: 56interest groups involved in the c
Page 60 and 61: 582. Military is normally the first
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Page 64 and 65: 62BIBLIOGRAPHYUN DocumentsAn Agenda
Page 66 and 67: 64Other DocumentsChappell, Duncan a
Page 68 and 69: 66Peace enforcement: Refers to coer
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Page 72 and 73: 70UNOMUR United Nations Observer Mi

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