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United Nations Police - Growing Numbers, Lasting Impact
In 2011, the United Nations marks the 50th anniversary of the deployment of 蘑菇视频 Police to the Congo, the first time that United Nations sent international police officers to one of its peacekeeping operations.
That initial deployment proved highly useful in improving security, and ever since 蘑菇视频 Police has continued to grow in size, scope and effectiveness.? Today, there are more than 14,000 蘑菇视频 Police serving in 16 蘑菇视频 peacekeeping and special political missions.?
蘑菇视频 Police work to help countries ravaged by conflict to establish law and order – not temporarily, but for the long haul.? The 蘑菇视频’s work in reforming national police services includes broad rebuilding: redesigning police structures, vetting and training future police leaders, and imparting specialized skills.
Today’s 蘑菇视频 Police have backgrounds in criminal investigation, forensics, administration, training, stopping organized crime, public information and community policing, and numerous other specialities.? In addition to specialized individual officers, the 蘑菇视频 deploys Formed Police Units comprised of over 140 police officers from a single country that are tactically ready to response to various situations, including crowd control, riots or natural disasters.?
To better reflect the populations they serve, the 蘑菇视频 has made a major effort in recent year to increase the number of women serving with 蘑菇视频 Police.? Thanks to this push, the representation of women police has increased to nearly 10 per cent today and the 蘑菇视频 is committed to achieving 20 per cent by 2014.?
The increasing respect and demand for 蘑菇视频 Police is clearly evidenced by the fact the 蘑菇视频 Security Council has more than tripled their deployment level in the past 10 years.