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Ambassador Presides Over Bike Donation to Krakow Police

June 25, 2008

 Bikes donation ceremony
 Ambassador at the bike donation ceremony in Krakow 

In order to celebrate the conclusion of four successful years of American-Polish cooperation through the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program’s (ICITAP) community policing program in Krakow, ICITAP donated nine bicycles to the Krakow Metropolitan Police to further the success of their community policing efforts.  Ambassador Ashe presided over the donation in Krakow on June 25.

The Krakow Police Commander, Andrzej Rokita, and the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, gave short remarks at the event.  Following the remarks, several police officers also gave a short demonstration of how the bicycles can be used to combat crime.

Community policing is about promoting confidence among police officers and building strong relationships with Polish communities.  Since 2003, ICITAP has been working with Polish National Police PNP to stage a series of training courses as part of a country-wide community policing program.
ICITAP spent $700,000 USD to train more than 200 Polish police officers in Poland on human rights, code of ethics and anti-corruption, community policing, strategic planning, management and leadership, and external communications.  All training curricula were developed in advance with Polish instructors.
ICITAP also sent 54 Polish officers to the United States on three two-week study tours with Wilmington, North Carolina Police Department and the Charlotte, North Carolina Police Department that focused on developing effective community policing techniques in a diverse society and on citizen and media relations.
The goal of ICITAP is to work with foreign governments to develop professional and transparent law enforcement institutions that protect human rights, combat corruption, and reduce the threat of transnational crime and terrorism.  ICITAP supports both national security and foreign policy objectives.
For more information on ICITAP, go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/icitap/.
 

 
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