OSCE trains transport police in Kazakhstan on risk profiling techniques

An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on risk profiling at transport facilities for 15 transport police officers from across Kazakhstan and 13 instructors of the Aktobe Law Institute under the country’s Interior Ministry concluded in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, on 10 November 2017. The seminar aimed at enhancing the capacities of Kazakhstan’s police to ensure public safety.

The training seminar was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Central Asian Regional Information Co-ordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC).

Experts from the Association of Psychologists of Kazakhstan and CARICC provided transport police officers with the skills to develop a system of risk profiling, methods to analyse information on criminal incidents and ways to develop an actionable in-depth risk profile. 

Participants also learned how to identify risk factors among passengers by observing and evaluating their behaviour, good practices in the questioning of passengers, and ways to resolve potential conflict situations.

A number of practical exercises provided the participants with the opportunity to apply their newly-acquired skills.

The event is part of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana’s activities to enhance security, increase accountability, and promote best practices related to security in the host country.