The 2011 revolution was a turning point for Tunisia’s Law Enforcement forces. In its wake, popular expectations changed about the mission and practices of Tunisia’s National Police and National Guard officers and agents. Citizens became more vocal in their frustration and less accepting of gaps in law enforcement service. To enhance the provision of security, the Tunisian Ministry of Interior, National Guard, and National Police launched a modernization program to improve how Tunisian law enforcement forces are trained for their new mission.

Strategic Capacity Group supported Mali’s National Police, National Guard, National Gendarmerie, and Civil Protection training institutions to equip their law enforcement personnel with the knowledge and skills to meet the complex and evolving security needs of Mali’s government and citizens. With the goal of transforming Mali’s law enforcement training academies, SCG pursued a systemic approach to comprehensively address fundamental structural, institutional, content, and capacity gaps of Mali’s four policing and security services, including developing the political will and capabilities for coordination and interoperability.

Decades of violence, regional instability, and successive coups in the Central African Republic (CAR) led to a weak central government and the collapse of CAR’s criminal justice institutions. In 2013, armed rebels seized the capital, Bangui, leading to a series of attacks and counter attacks against civilians that ushered a humanitarian crisis. A new president elected in 2016 declared security, justice, and economic development as top priorities. But violence continued, and the central government struggled to provide effective security. CAR’s law enforcement had been historically under-resourced and received minimal institutional development. Most CAR law enforcement officers had not received basic training or instruction in core functions, such as human resources, logistical support, and budgeting. Strategic Capacity Group’s Academies of Excellence Program, Professionalizing the Next Generation of Law Enforcement in CAR, was designed to support CAR’s civilian security forces, train rank-and-file officers, supervisors, and senior executives, mentor trainees to reinforce acquired skills, establish a continuous training program, and measure the results of the training.

As a leading police organization in the Western Hemisphere, the Colombian National Police (CNP) actively works to constantly improve its service, while also sharing its knowledge with regional counterparts across Latin America and the Caribbean. Efforts are underway to continue improving the basic and in-service training of professional/technical police personnel to enable the CNP to meet the safety and security needs of Colombia and its citizens.