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Policing and police abuse or How Police and Projects Get Along

Policing and police abuse or How Police and Projects Get Along. “Fostering enabling legal and Policy environments for Sex workers’ health and Human rights” Johannesburg June 22-24 2006 Igor Vassilenko. HR & SW Projects and the Police. Police Activities.

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Policing and police abuse or How Police and Projects Get Along

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  1. Policing and police abuseorHow Police and Projects Get Along “Fostering enabling legal and Policy environments for Sex workers’ health and Human rights” Johannesburg June 22-24 2006 Igor Vassilenko

  2. HR & SW Projects and the Police

  3. Police Activities

  4. Detention and Arrest of Outreach Workers

  5. Usual Model of Relations Between Projects and the Police DIA – Department of Interior Affairs DTA – Drug Trade Affairs PPS – Post-Patrol Service

  6. Steps on Improving Relations Between Projects and Police • projects try to establish good relationship with the police in the beginning of their work • projects have protection mechanisms against illegal acts of the police • projects have to change the point of view of policemen towards project clients and HIV prevention • projects need to establish mechanisms for long-term relations with the police

  7. Training “How to Establish Relationships with the Police” • Goal: to educate projects to establish partnership with law enforcement agencies • to identify methods of building positive relationships of projects with the police • to identify methods of protection project staff and clients against illegal acts of the police • to identify behavior strategy of outreach workers in the field • to identify methods of getting partnership agreement with the police

  8. Training in Moscow (Russia) for Russian SW Projects June 2004

  9. “Problem of HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse” (for police) Goal: to help the police to understand the HIV/AIDS and Drug Abusesituation and methods of prevention work among sex-workers • to learn prevention approaches • to learn the harm reduction approach • to learn methods and technologiesof outreach work • to help police to adapt this information to their work.

  10. Policemen at Trainings

  11. “Partnership Between the Police and Harm Reduction and Sex Worker Projects” Goal: to create effective forms of long-term partnership • to identify reasons of conflicts and ways to resolve them • to find common points of view • to work out mechanisms for effective long-term relationships

  12. Training in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) for Projects and Police from Tajikistan, Russia and the Ukraine October 2004

  13. Training in Vilnius (Lithuania) for projects from Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, the Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan December 2004

  14. Changed Model of Relations Between Projects and the Police

  15. Thank You! Contact Information: IGOR VASSILENKO Public Foundation “Pomosch” ul. 5 Aprela, 67, Kostanai 110 000 Kazakhstan Tel/Fax: + (3142) 533-555, 549-226 E-mail: vassilenko@rambler.ru

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