Global Community Policing Conclave 2010

Global Community Policing Conclave 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Global Community Policing Conclave 2010



( An International Police Executive Symposium Meeting)

Will be held in Kochi, Kerala, India


Host :
Government of Kerala


Where :
Hotel Le Meredian, Kochi

When Nov 3rd  - 4th  2010












Theme:

 Community Policing-Theoretical Problems & Operational Issues




Kerala Police is proud to host the International Conference on community policing initiatives around the world, which aims to bring police researchers and practitioners together to facilitate cross-cultural, international and interdisciplinary exchanges for the enrichment of Community policing practices. It aims to correlate and codify the various practices in community policing that exist in various parts of the globe, so that that there is a clear exchange of ideas and practices which can help to strengthen this concept for the betterment of the community as a whole.

This conclave is a two-day interface on specific issues relevant to the public- private participation in policing, where Police officers and Research practitioners from all around the globe will be participating and exchanging ideas and concepts. The conclave is hosted by the Kerala Police, with the approval of the Kerala Government. The conclave also facilitates interaction and exchange of ideas and opinions on all aspects of policing. The agenda is structured to encourage dialogue in both formal and informal settings.


The compilations of all the selected papers from the meeting will be published by the Kerala Police and will be supplied to all the participating delegates with a purpose of highlighting current, innovative police practices from all over the world; providing opportunities for exchanges between police practitioners and researchers; reporting the state of public safety, internationally; focusing on successful practices that build partnerships between police practitioners and communities; as well as drawing attention to other successful police practices in relation to maintaining order, enforcing laws, and serving the community. 











Organising Committee

Chairman

Shri Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
Hon’ble Minister for Home, Tourism and Vigilance
Government of Kerala


Vice Chairman

Shri. Jacob Punnoose IPS,
Director General of Police, Kerala



Chief Coordinator

Dr. B. Sandhya IPS
Inspector General of Police, Ernakulam Range

Secretary

Shri. Manoj Abraham IPS
Commissioner of Police, Kochi City




Phone 91-484-2394770
Fax   91-484- 2394469



Website-  www.kochicitypolice.org
















Host

The meeting will be hosted by Kerala Police. All local arrangements, including assistance before or after the meeting, can be made through the Commissioner of Police, Kochi City, the Secretary of the Organising Committee.

Call for Papers

Participants are encouraged to prepare a paper of approximately 15 pages in English detailing the Community Policing Initiatives in their countries and its unique features. Papers should describe and analyze the responses adopted by a country’s policing system to the new challenges, present original information and data, and summarize the lessons learned so far by each should submit an abstract ASAP.

Panels

Most of the presentations would be through a panel, which will be a balance of Police Officers and Research Practitioners, who would be grouped together, based on the topics and the issues under discussion.



All sessions conducted in English
Dress in business attire
Participants expected to attend all sessions




















Schedule of Activities



……
Day 1 -   2nd Nov 2010
Arrival and Registration

Day 2 -   3rd Nov 2010
0900-0940- Introduction – By DGP
1000- 1100 Inauguration of the Conclave

1100-1200 ; First Session
                : Tea Break
1215- 1345: Second Session
                : Lunch Break
1430-1600 : Afternoon Session
1615-1730 : Evening Session

Cultural Extravaganza and  Dinner

Day 3  -  4th Nov 2010

0930 -1100:  First Session
                :  Tea Break

1115- 1245 : Second Session
1245-1330  : Third Session
                 : Lunch Break
1430-1600  : Afternoon Session
1600-1630  : Conclusion

Excursion and Dinner

Day 4 – 5th / 6th  Nov
Local Excursion and  Departures








Meeting Programme

The programme will primarily be Presentation based, where in accepted papers will be placed into one of the sessions. Each session will be 90 minutes. Sessions will not overlap, allowing participation in every session. Papers not placed in any may be presented in a special session, as decided by the Chair.

Registration

To register and formalise your participation, please go online to www.kochicitypolice.org. Complete the registration form and submit your details.

It is reiterated that there is no registration fee or charges to attend the conference. The participants only have to meet the expenditure of travel from their place to Cochin Airport and also obtain their visas to enter the country from the Indian Embassy in their countries. Accompanying spouses have to pay a small fees for meeting the expenses. Please contact the organizing Committee for any further clarifications in this regard.

  After you have successfully registered, please e-mail us your bio data as a MS word document and a jpeg/pdf  photo of yourself in uniform or business attire for official purposes.


THEME: Community Policing: Theoretical Problems and Operational Issues

This conference explores and expands the area of community policing (CP) that has not been systematically, still less comprehensively, explored, i.e., what are the theoretical problems, operational issues, and practical difficulties confronting police officers, up and down the chain of command, when they do their rounds.

  For example:
Theoretically, in the present global world the concept of community must be expanded to account for new forms of global community- Facebook, Tweeter, chat forums, blogs, discussion groups, specific interest based groups are creating new communities that go beyond a small geographical region. What are the ‘problems’ that should define police responsibilities and functions in view of this global community?

 Operationally what kind of problems – personal vs. communal, political vs. social vs. economical – are the police willing, able and ready to engage; What functions, practices, style and model constitutes the core of COP- how do similar genres such as ‘working with people; making citizens co-producers of their security; neighborhood policing; problem oriented policing; Friends of police; police citizen academies’ etc structure these operational issues?

 Practically, how do police go around solving problems of one type or another; what are the difficulties encountered and how are specific solutions adopted by the organization? Inherent in these questions are the issues of management models, administrative rules and human resources along with format of training, supervision and performance measures that need to be considered for implementing COP


 The conference is characterized by the following parameters:

 (1) The conference adopts a bottom up vs. top down approach to understand COP problems and issues.
(2) The conference is devoted to eliciting views from police practitioners and front line officers, broadly defined;
(3) The conference favors a case study approach based on real life police experience in the street in defining issues, demonstrating problems, detailing solutions and animating debates.  



Participants: 100
Presenters/Chair: 60
Panels: 10 x 4 presenters + Chair (Discussant) = 50
Panel length:  90 minutes + 30 minutes break = 2 hrs.
Key note Address-
Local Operational Problems and Issues with COP- DGP Kerala
Followed by Inauguration Ceremony to be attended by Union Home Minister, State Home Minister, DGP’s of Various States etc,
IPES Policing New Communities- Distinguished Professor Kam C. Wong, Xavier U.




1.    Historical (local) Development of COP”

    Papers in this session will discuss historical development of COP – conceptually, theoretically, institutionally, organizationally and operationally, in respective countries or regions.  The focus is on indigenous ideas and local practices, or what COP unique domestically and internally. 

2.    Comparative COP Theory and Practice I: Varieties of Communities

    Papers in this session will focus on comparison, i.e., identifying similarities and noting differences, of COP theories and practices between various types and kinds of communities; urban vs. rural, real vs. virtual, majority vs. minority, etc.   Papers should discuss how local conditions define and influence COP ideas and practices. 

3.    Comparative COP Theory and Practice II: Convergence and Divergence Between East and West”

    Papers in this session will focus on comparison, i.e., identifying similarities and noting differences between East vs. West COP theories and practices.  Comparison should, as much as possible, place COP theory and practice in a broader historical, philosophical, ideological, cultural, social and political context. 

4.    Theory vs. Practice of COP

    Papers in this session will focus on operational problems and day to day issues arising in the course of implementing of COP theory, imported or home grown, in the field.   

5.    Critique of COP: Voices from the field.

    Papers in this session will focus on “voices” of front line manager and officers as to how COP has affected their work, positively and negatively.   

6.    Doing COP – Problems and Promises – Case studies.

     Papers in this session will focus on success and failures of COP at institutional as well as street level, with the use of case studies to illustrate best practices and problem situations. The objective is to compare how different agencies/officers tackle similar COP problems.   

7.    Future of COP

     Papers in this session will focus on looking back as a way of looking forward.  What were the lessons learnt with the adoption of COP in ones nation – organization – community?  What is the future of COP locally and globally? Theoretically and operationally? 



 Conference Timetable

 Time Nov 2nd- Arrival and Registration

Nov 3rd 2010
7.30 – 8.30 Breakfast
0900 – 09.45 Registration Keynote
1000 – 1100 Inauguration
1100 – 12.30 Panel Discussion  
12.30 –0130 Panel Discussion
01.30-0230   Lunch
2.30 – 4.30   Panel
4.30 – 6.30  Panel 
6.30 to 830 Social hour and Group Photos
Award  dinner  





Inauguration of the Office of 
GLOBAL COMMUNITY POLICING CONCLAVE 2010
at CPO, Kochi City on 11.09.2010
 

Friday, September 10, 2010

Community Policing Project of the Government of Kerala

         Law Enforcement in a democracy is a process by which public security is ensured by securing and enlisting the willing co-operation of people who are simultaneously the beneficiaries of such enforcement. Citizens are subject to the law which they themselves create by means of established legislative processes; therefore they also need to proactively participate in the process of preventing violations of enacted law.

         Community Policing seeks the responsible participation of the citizens in crime prevention at the level of the local community, conserving the resources, both of the community and of the police, in fighting against crimes which threaten the security of the community. Experience shows that by seeking the active co-operation of the public in performance of police duties, the process of Law Enforcement becomes far more effective.