OSCE Mission to Skopje continues to help police improve their investigative interviewing skills
(OSCE/Maria Dotsenko)Philip Tolson (right), Head of the Skopje Mission's Police Development Unit, and Vojislav Zafirovski, Head of the Interior Ministry's Sector for Internal Control and Professional Standards, train police on interviewing techniques, Skopje, 13 July 2007. (OSCE/Maria Dotsenko) Photo details
SKOPJE, 13 July 2007 - Twenty six police officers received certificates at the ceremony today after completion of a training course on professional interviewing techniques, organized and conducted by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Ministry of the Interior.
The police officers learned how to conduct effective and ethical nterviews with witnesses and suspects using conversation management techniques.
"Such training courses always help enhance police officers' communication skills, improve their perception of accounts given by witnesses, suspects and victims and generally increase the professional conduct of interviews," said Philip Tolson, the Head of the Police Development Unit within the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
Vojislav Zafirovski, Head of the Sector for Internal Control and Professional Standards within the Ministry of the Interior said: "We expect that the ability of police interviewers plan and prepare, to draft reports, and to carry out effective listening and questioning will be improved as a result of this training sessions. This will consequently heighten the police's efficiency."
During the training course, participants were also familiarized with the international P.E.A.C.E. model that applies to investigative interviewing.
The police officers learned how to conduct effective and ethical nterviews with witnesses and suspects using conversation management techniques.
"Such training courses always help enhance police officers' communication skills, improve their perception of accounts given by witnesses, suspects and victims and generally increase the professional conduct of interviews," said Philip Tolson, the Head of the Police Development Unit within the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
Vojislav Zafirovski, Head of the Sector for Internal Control and Professional Standards within the Ministry of the Interior said: "We expect that the ability of police interviewers plan and prepare, to draft reports, and to carry out effective listening and questioning will be improved as a result of this training sessions. This will consequently heighten the police's efficiency."
During the training course, participants were also familiarized with the international P.E.A.C.E. model that applies to investigative interviewing.