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THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Public
Security (DPS) is part of the OAS Secretariat
for Multidimensional Security and was created with the purpose of designing
and implementing programs that support, within the framework of human rights,
the efforts of the OAS Member States to address threats to public security.
The DPS works with Member States to develop mechanisms to evaluate
and strengthen their institutional capacity to deal with security threats. These
efforts focus on the following areas: the strengthening of security legislation,
the improvement of law enforcement coordination and practices, the prevention of
crime and violence, victim assistance and the social reintegration of convicted
criminals.
The Department’s principal areas of focus are
facilitating sharing among Member States of successful experiences of and best
practices for combating crime and violence, fighting transnational organized
crime, gang violence and the trafficking of firearms and persons and promoting
public policies aimed at preventing crime and violence in the Americas. The Section for the Promotion of Security and
Social Tolerance and Cooperation functions under the Department of Public
Security and is comprised of the Vulnerable Populations and Crime Prevention
Unit, the Arms Control and Anti-Mining Strategies Unit, and the Criminal Justice
System Unit. The Section for Coordination and Cooperation also operates under
DPS and is comprised of the Documentation, Information and Follow up, and
Training Development Units.
With the support of the
OAS member states, the General Secretariat has promoted the
elaboration and consolidation of the ministerial process on
public security, whose main body is the
Meeting of Ministers Responsible
for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), aiming to
strengthen the dialogue between key stakeholders, to promote
cooperation, to facilitate the exchange of experiences and
promising practices, to foster technical assistance in
preventing and combating crime, violence and insecurity.
This new institutional architecture is building on the five
pillars adopted in the
Commitment to Public Security in the Americas
adopted during MISPA I which took place in Mexico in 2008: 1)
public security management; 2) prevention of crime, violence and
insecurity; 3) police management; 4) citizen and community
participation; 5) international cooperation.
MISPA III will take
place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on November 17-18,
2011 and under the leadership of this Government, the agenda
suggests orienting the dialogue towards the specific pillar of
police management.
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