Content_paragraphs:  During the reporting period, MONUSCO supported key reform initiatives aimed
  
  at strengthening the professionalism and accountability of national law enforcement
  
  institutions, through a combination of strategic advice and logistical and technical
  
  assistance. To increase public confidence in the police, the Mission worked closely
  
  with the national police to ensure higher levels of accountability across the institution.
  
  Other capacity-building activities covered forensic investigation techniques,
  
  programmatic support for the implementation of the three-year action plan of the
  
  national police against sexual violence and a shift towards community -oriented
  
  policing. The United Nations police continued to assist the national police in the
  
  demilitarization of public order management, adhesion to the principles of democratic
  
  policing and respect for human rights.