The POINTULSE Network in a period from 4 to 1o of April 2016 organized social campaign “Transparent Policing Week” in order to promote transparency of policing as an element of good governance and integrity within law enforcement agencies.

The importance of transparent policing week is that there is no justification for the public to be kept in the dark. Lack of transparent policing expresses itself in the ability of police officers with misconduct histories to continue being employed. Thus, citizens are unable to discover track record of police misconduct if there is no transparent policing. Transparency is important for the citizens in order to gain a precise number of how much misconduct is costing. Detailed statistics for a wide variety of violent crimes and police misconduct must be available to the public.

Policy Opinions Series

Transparency: Main Tool to Strengthen Police Integrity in Serbia

The transparency of the Serbian Ministry of Interior is exhausted through publication of reports on most significant work results and Information Bulletins on the website of the Ministry; this however is not enough.

Transparency of Policing in Montenegro is Not Satisfactory

In Montenegro, progress has been observed in the application of the Law on Free Access to Information, but the level of transparency of police work is not satisfactory. Declassified documents are not published, and there are no public debates and consultations regarding important regulations and enactments that essentially mold the police reform.

Transparency in Kosovo Police

The citizens and media in Kosovo perceive the Kosovo Police as a sufficiently transparent institution, but it’s important to provide more statistics on various policing issues.

Transparent Policing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Police agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina are transparent inasmuch it does not compromise their work or interfere with investigations. However, when it comes to certain criminal offences, notably those related to corruption and implicating politicians as suspects, the public finds it rather difficult to get access to adequate information on the decisions that were made, and how they were made.