OSCE publishes Arabic version of its Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing

The Arabic version of the OSCE Guidebook on Intelligence-Led Policing was published in Vienna on 28 September 2018.

A launching event of the Arabic version will be jointly organized between the OSCE and the League of Arab States in its Headquarters in Cairo on 14 November 2018.

The guidebook, first published in English in July 2017, presents intelligence-led policing (ILP) as a modern and proactive law enforcement model and a realistic alternative for OSCE participating States to traditionally reactive forms of policing.

It aims to promote a common understanding of the terminology related to criminal intelligence, thereby enhancing trust, co-operation and sharing of information between agencies and countries.

ILP, which has already been adopted in a number of countries in recent years with promising results, combines intelligence gathering, evaluation and analysis with informed decision-making procedures and mechanisms, therefore providing more efficient and effective management of national law enforcement services.

The Arabic translation follows the Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Macedonian versions of the handbook, which were published in September 2017, and a Russian version published in November of that year.