The Policing Gap in NATO Operations

• In Event: POLWG Panel 25. Workloads, Pressures and Gaps in Policing and Criminal Justice

Abstract

NATO Stability Policing doctrine enables the Alliance intervention in crisis and conflict zones to temporary replace or reinforce the indigenous police, as a factor of stabilization.
Paramount is the analysis of the policing gap, defined as the lack of local police capability to provide a safe and secure environment, public security and the rule of law.
This paper is based on 21 in depth interviews with various stakeholders, in attempt to propose a set of innovative analytical and planning tools.

Authors

• Maria Haberfeld, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Luigi Bramati, NATO Stability Policing Center of Excellence

• Monique Van der Steen, Royal Netherlands Army 1CMI command

• Gohar A. Petrossian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice