{"id":1329,"date":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/02-05-2014-kosovo-serbia-multi-ethnic-police-to-strengthen-confidence-in-the-authority\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:29:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:29:30","slug":"02-05-2014-kosovo-serbia-multi-ethnic-police-to-strengthen-confidence-in-the-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/fr\/02-05-2014-kosovo-serbia-multi-ethnic-police-to-strengthen-confidence-in-the-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"02.05.2014 Kosovo, Serbia: multi-ethnic police to strengthen confidence in the authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Petignat (2014) reports \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton the conscious promotion of a multi-ethnic police force in Kosovo and Serbia. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is supposed to consist of ethnic Serbs, Albanians, and Rroma. By this \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmeasure, it is hoped that the confidence of the population in the authority is to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbe strengthened. The project is supported by the OSCE and Switzerland. In \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSerbia, the reluctance of non-Serbian speaking population to contact the police \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas significantly higher up till now. The aftermath of the Yugoslav wars is not \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyet completely forgotten and often leads to disagreements, as lately in Presevo \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tduring the construction of a monument to the Liberation Army. The multi-ethnic \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpolice in Serbia is planned to include 270 Albanians, 130 Serbs and some Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twho have so far been under-represented. In Kosovo, the project is less \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tadvanced: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cThe example of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmulti-ethnic police has caught on in the Balkans. Quite contrary to the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnorth-Kosovo, where the still divided city of Mitrovica gradually integrates \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmembers of the Serbian community into the mixed police force. These are former \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tguards, previously paid by Serbia, that must be re-included into the Kosovar \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinstitutions in this region with a potential for secession, following an \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tagreement signed on April 2013 between Serbia and the Kosovo. In this way, 300 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cSerbian\u201d policemen are progressively integrated into the regular police forces \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the Kosovo.\u201d <\/em>Petginant\u2019s article shows that the Rroma are also \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tunder-represented among the authorities. Only a few Rroma build part of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmulti-ethnic police.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Petignat, Yves (2014) La \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpolice multiethnique pour r\u00e9tablir la confiance. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Le Temps online v<\/em>om 2.5.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letemps.ch\/Page\/Uuid\/87c86a78-d15c-11e3-9e49-58295b2edc48\/La_police_multiethnique_pour_r%8Etablir_la_confiance\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/www.letemps.ch\/Page\/Uuid\/87c86a78-d15c-11e3-9e49-58295b2edc48\/La_police_multiethnique_pour_r\u00e9tablir_la_confiance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petignat (2014) reports on the conscious promotion of a multi-ethnic police force in Kosovo and Serbia. 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