On 16-19 December, 2019, the SCPA program delivered a 4 day training for the CPOs of LPD Tirana in the academy of Security with the purpose of increasing professional skills for community policing. The CPO training was delivered in 2 parallel groups and the training sessions were attended by 44 CPOs of 6 Police commissariats of Tirana and Vora.

The SCPA program experts in cooperation with the Academy of Security addressed the theoretical topics on Community Policing such as Community Policing like a philosophy, system and elements of Community Policing etc.

A great space was dedicated to the practical handling of CPO’s role, tasks, competencies and responsibilities, as well as to prevention and public safety maintenance, proactive action rather than reaction, cooperation with citizens and other community actors. The participants appreciated the commitment, the exchange of experience and the methodology used, and expressed the will to have such similar training in the future, especially with regard to conflict management.