Explore - Exchange - Experience : CEPOL European Police exchange programme 2011.
Date: 2011-11-25
Institutions: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training
Subjects: EU police cooperation, EU programme, fight against crime, interinstitutional agreement

Explore 
Exchange 
Experience

CEPOL European Police Exchange Programme 2011

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Contents

Foreword   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    5

Introduction   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    7

About CEPOL   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    9

About the CEPOL Exchange Programme  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   11

Outcomes and reflections from exchange visit participants  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  16

Belgium   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  16

Bulgaria   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  18

Cyprus   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  20

Czech Republic   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  21

estonia   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  22

Finland  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  24

France  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  26

Germany   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  28

Hungary  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  29

Italy   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  30

Latvia   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  32

Lithuania   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  34

Malta    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  36

Portugal  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  37

Poland   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  38

Romania   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  40

slovenia   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  42

spain  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  44

sweden   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  46

List of Participants .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  48

About the CEPOL Exchange Programme team   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  53

Foreword

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As  the  security  challenges  facing  the  police  forces 
evolve,  so  does  their  capacity  to  fight  them.  And, 
at  CEPOL  —  the  European  Police  College  —  our 
approach  to  learning  evolves  too,  as  we  strive  to 
champion  the  development  of  a  European  Training 
Scheme (ETS) for all those involved in the practice of 
law enforcement and the protection of public order.

Our 
the 
learning  approach  also  champions 
development of a European police culture and, over 
the  course  of  our  10-year  history,  we  have  found 
that  the  best  way  to  support  this  is  through  not 
only  teaching  but  also  practising  international  law 
enforcement cooperation. 

While our taught seminars, courses and conferences combine an element of practical 
learning,  our  Exchange  Programme  offers  an  ‘on  the  ground’  immersion  into  the 
law enforcement practices of another EU Member State, affording police officers an 
opportunity  to  see  best  practices  in  action,  some  of  which  can  then  be  reapplied. 
The Exchange Programme also enables police offers to develop and strengthen their 
own professional networks and I am convinced that this combination of learning and 
networking truly strengthens the process of police cooperation.

As  CEPOL  looks  forward  to  its  next  10  years,  I  am  in  no  doubt  that  the  Exchange 
Programme will continue to play a central role in CEPOL’s activities. The Stockholm 
Programme calls for a law enforcement exchange programme, inspired by Erasmus 
and CEPOL is well placed to continue delivering exchange programmes that can be 
used to support the implementation of ETS training.

Security threats will not stop at borders. Our capacity to fight such threats can only 
be enhanced if our training and learning does not stop at borders either. That is why 
CEPOL supports European police exchange programmes as just one way of delivering 
qualitative thinking and qualitative learning.

Dr Ferenc Bánfi 
CEPOL Director

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Introduction

Established  in  2006,  the  Exchange  Programme  has 
become one of the most successful pillars of CEPOL’s 
activity  programme  and  in  2011  alone,  over  300 
police officers participated in an exchange. 

The success of the programme could not be guaranteed 
without  the  participation  of  the  Member  States  and 
the high numbers of participants is testament to the 
interest and perceived value of the programme. 

The  areas  of  interest  covered  by  the  participants 
are  wide-ranging:  from  community  policing  to 
counterterrorism,  from  forensics  to  financial  crime 
and from dog handling to drug trafficking. In so many 
of these cases, the threat crosses borders and that is why cooperation between police 
forces is all the more important and why the Exchange Programme is so important as 
an enabler of this cooperation.   

This publication is a record of the 2011 Exchange Programme. It combines information 
and statistics about the programme itself with personal accounts of some of the police 
officers that took part in exchanges. Common across many accounts is the reference 
to  professional  contacts  and  networks  that  were  established  during  the  exchange, 
with many participants saying that the strength of these contacts could not have been 
achieved without face-to-face meeting and learning. These long-lasting relationships 
are the added value of the programme, bringing about the development of a European 
police culture.

As we evaluate the success of this year’s programme — and I am happy to see such 
positive evaluations from participants, we will also look forward to the coming year 
of exchanges, where we hope to see even more police officers benefit from this unique 
learning experience.

Detlef Schröder 
CEPOL Deputy Director and Project Manager of Exchange Programme 2011

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About CEPOL

CEPOL  is  a  European  Union  (EU)  agency,  tasked  with 
organising  training  for  senior  police  officers  of  the  Member 
States  of  the  EU.  It  is  located  in  Bramshill,  in  the  United 
Kingdom.

CEPOL’s  mission  is  to  contribute  to  European  police  cooperation  through  learning 
to the benefit of European citizens. To achieve this, CEPOL encourages cross-border 
cooperation in the fight against crime by bringing together senior police officers from 
police forces in Europe to participate in specialist training activities.

Each year, CEPOL organises between 60–100 courses, seminars and conferences on 
topics of particular interest to senior police officers across Europe and, in 2010 alone, 
over 2 000 people took part in a CEPOL activity. Operating as a network, CEPOL’s 
activities are implemented in and by Member States, mostly by national police training 
colleges.

CEPOL pays particular attention to those subjects which have a European dimension, 
such  as  drug  trafficking,  trafficking  in  human  beings  and  money  laundering.  On 
these  issues,  CEPOL  works  with  Member  States  and  its  partner  Justice  and  Home 
Affairs (JHA) agencies, such as Europol and Frontex, to develop common curricula 
that Member States can use within their national training programmes. CEPOL also 
encourages  sharing  of  best  practice  and  the  development  of  professional  networks 
through its electronic network (e-Net).

As  the  nature  of  European  law  enforcement  training  evolves,  CEPOL  will  be  at  the 
forefront of the delivery of an EU police training policy through a European Training 
Scheme, characterised by qualitative thinking and qualitative learning.

For more information about CEPOL, visit our website: http://www.cepol.europa.eu.

 
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About the CEPOL Exchange 
Programme

The  CEPOL  Exchange  Programme  is  a  multilateral  exchange  of  senior  police 
officers, experts and police trainers from Member States of the European Union. The 
programme  aims  to  promote  mutual  trust  between  training  staff  and  senior  police 
officers, resulting in the support and development of a European dimension to police 
cooperation and training. It provides the participants with the opportunity to create a 
network of colleagues and familiarise themselves with the working methods of other 
EU countries.

The programme was set up in accordance with the 2004 Hague Programme, followed 
by  the  Stockholm  Programme  adopted  by  the  Member  States  in  2009.  The  Hague 
and Stockholm Programmes aim at strengthening freedom, security and justice and 
emphasise the importance of developing systematic exchange programmes for police 
cooperation  and  training  by  the  European  Commission  in  close  cooperation  with 
CEPOL.

Background
In  2006  CEPOL  created  a  multilateral  European  Exchange  Programme  in  order  to 
promote mutual trust and to improve the quality of the police cooperation. Financial 
support for the 2007 and 2008 exchanges was provided by the European Commission’s 
Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security in the framework of the AGIS 
Programme.

During  the  first  two  years  of  the  programme,  22  EU  Member  States  participated 
in  exchanges.  Following  this,  an  exchange  programme  funded  by  the  European 
Commission  in  the  framework  of  Prevention  of  and  Fight  against  Crime  (ISEC) 
Programme, ran from 2009 to November 2010. During this period, there were three 
exchange periods: autumn 2009, spring 2010 and autumn 2010.

Exchange Programme objectives:

The objectives of the Exchange Programme are to:

 promote mobility and allow the exchange of police officials, in the framework 

of practical training programmes;

 establish a common and shared practical knowledge in different police fields;
 disseminate and share, at the EU level, police good practices;
 contribute to the creation of the European police identity;
 encourage  mutual  learning  and  networking  in  the  frame  of  a  common 

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Programme structure

The  exchange  is  multilateral,  and  each  sending  country  also  functions  as  a  hosting 
country.  Each  country  can  send  as  many  participants  as  they  indicate,  as  long  as 
corresponding partner matches are found in other participant countries.

The exchange period includes selection, preparation period, one exchange period and 
cascading activities.

Each exchangee goes to one country and is also expected to be the host of the colleague 
from the country he/she visited. Each exchange is organised around one specific ‘topic’. 
One of the most important features is the cascading of newly gained knowledge after 
the exchange periods.

How is the programme organised in the Member States?

In each country, a person is appointed as a National Exchange Coordinator (NEC). This 
person makes sure administrative support is provided and acts as the communication 
link between exchangees, tutors and the Project Team at CEPOL. NECs also act as the 
contact point at home while exchangees are abroad.

NECs spread information about the programme to police units and academies. They 
are responsible for the collection of nominations and making sure the selection criteria 
are  met. The  selection  itself  is  at  the  discretion  of  each  country  in  accordance  with 
local selection criteria.

Use of Learning Management System

Learning  Management  System  (LMS)  is  the  Internet  tool  created  to  assist  all  the 
exchangees/hosts  (Tutors)  in  communication  with  each  other  and  the  Exchange 
Programme  project  team.  Participants  can  ask  questions  related  to  the  programme 
through  this  platform  and,  in  this  way,  questions  and  answers,  which  might  be 
common for more exchangees, are made available to all exchangees. Participants are 
asked to complete the feedback and follow-up reports on LMS electronically.

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Programmes and topics (participating countries)

General Exchange Programme
  1.   Community  policing  and  prevention  of  radicalisation  —  Belgium,  Czech 

Republic, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Sweden

  2.   Financial  crime  —  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Lithuania, 

Netherlands, Romania and Sweden

  3.   Managing  major  events  —  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Germany,  Spain,  Cyprus, 

Lithuania and Poland

  4.   International information exchange — Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain, 

France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden

  5.   Forensic  —  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Poland, 

Romania, Slovenia and Sweden

  6.   Crime  prevention  —  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  France,  Lithuania,  Poland  and 

Romania

  7.   Drug  trafficking  —  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Hungary  and 

Romania

  8.   Counterterrorism — Bulgaria, Spain, Malta, Poland and Romania
  9.   Trafficking in human beings — Estonia, Hungary, Malta and Sweden
10.   Human rights — Czech Republic, Italy, Lithuania and Sweden
11.   Organised  crime  —  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Denmark,  Germany, 
France, Italy, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden
12.   Police  training  and  education  systems  —  Czech  Republic,  Germany,  Spain, 
Estonia, France, Italy, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia 
and Sweden

13.   Civilian crisis management — no participating countries
14.   Distant learning — no participating countries
15.   Learning environment — France, Italy, Latvia and Poland
16.   Specially requested topics — Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, 

Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia

Exchange Programme for Commanders 
Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Germany,  Estonia,  Italy,  Cyprus,  Hungary,  Latvia,  Malta, 
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Finland
Cybercrime Exchange Programme
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania
Study visits
1.   Europol  —  Austria,  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Denmark,  Germany, 
Estonia,  Ireland,  Spain,  France,  Italy,  Cyprus,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Hungary,  Malta, 
Netherlands,  Poland,  Portugal,  Slovakia,  Slovenia,  Finland,  Sweden  and  United 
Kingdom

2.   OLAF  —  Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Denmark,  Germany,  Greece,  France,  Italy, 

Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Romania

 
 
 
 
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Evaluation

1. Overall Exchange Programme evaluation

Excellent — 55.42 %

Good — 43.37 %

Average — 1.20 %

2. I exchanged knowledge, experience and best practices with my counterparts

Strongly agree — 74.70 %

Agree — 19.28 %

Slightly agree — 6.02 % 

3. I developed my professional network in the relevant topics

Strongly agree — 53.01 %

Agree — 38.55 %

Slightly agree — 7.23 %

Slightly disagree — 1.20 % 

4. The Exchange Programme was an opportunity for my improvement on 
    (More than one answer possible)

Personal level — 80.72 %

Organisational level — 79.52 %

European level — 49.40 %

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Outcomes and reflections from 
exchange visit participants

Belgium

Participant

Jean Pierre Devos

Austria

Belgium

Hosting country

Denmark

Finland
United Kingdom

France

Tutor

Rupert Dore

Preferred topic

Community policing and prevention of radicalisation

Germany

Greece

Netherlands

Portugal

Czech Rep.

Cyprus

Lithuania

Malta

Bulgaria

Romania

As part of my exchange, I attended the East Midlands Regional Prevent Conference at 
Leicestershire Police HQ, as well as visiting the Counter Terrorism Unit of Birmingham 
Italy
Police and APCO London.

Luxembourg

Ireland

The  conference  made  very  clear  that  to  tackle  radicalisation  support  at  the  highest 
political level, i.e. government, is needed, which is the case in the UK where a new 
strategic plan was adopted by the UK government in June 2011. The conference also 
underscored that an effective approach only works with the involvement of all possible 
partners,  such  as  education  and  health  services.  I  received  some  practical  tips  and 
ideas on how to get these departments involved in my home country.

Sweden

UK

Spain

I  had  the  opportunity  to  visit  the  Counter  Terrorism  Unit  of  Birmingham  Police, 
which is often referred to as a ‘best practice’ in the UK. My visit included an interview 
with the unit head that explained the philosophy behind this unit. What sounded very 
strange  is  that  the  police  officers  that  work  in  the  street  on  this  matter  are  wearing 
their uniform. The reason for this is the belief that building relations with different 
communities is based on trust, which means you must be ‘open and fair’. The head 
of the unit decided therefore that the police officers have to wear the police uniform 
and  also  make  very  clear  that  they  are  working  on  counterterrorism  issues.  The 
‘starting period’ was difficult, but now after two years nobody looks surprised when a 
uniformed police officer enters the mosque.

Hungary

Letonia

Estonia

Colleagues from Birmingham took me to the Central Mosque of Birmingham (one 
of the biggest outside London), where we had a very interesting talk with the vice-
chairman and the secretary of the mosque. They both stated that there is now a very 
positive working relationship between their community and the police force. During 
this discussion some practical tips were mentioned that could be useful for our local 
police forces.

Slovenia

Slovakia

Poland

At a visit to the ACPO office in London, programme managers from ACPO projects 
spent  an  hour  presenting  and  discussing  their  projects.  These  included  a  project 
that  aims  for  early  intervention  with  individuals  who  are  at  risk  of  recruitment  by 
extremists and a project that runs as a discussion exercise for multi-agency partners to 

help them identify early intervention opportunities to safeguard individuals who may 
be vulnerable to any form of extremism. This exercise, based on ‘real life’ cases, is very 
high level and interesting. 

At  ACPO,  I  also  met  with  the  National  Community  Tension  Team,  responsible 
for  identifying  relevant  community  issues  that  may  have  a  national  impact  and 
implementing  measures  to  reduce  that  impact;  and  the  Counterterrorism  Internet 
Referral  Unit  (CTIRU),  a  new  unit  (launched  in  February  2010),  tasked  with 
identifying and removing unlawful material from the Internet.

My programme also included visits to the Departments of Education and Health. At 
the Department of Education, we discussed a new ‘Prevention Extremism Unit’ which 
works with teachers and schools to identify early indicators of radicalisation. The talk 
was very much about ‘safeguarding’, as it was with the Department of Health, where 
I was given an overview of the obstacles that had to be overcome when this topic was 
introduced to doctors.

I would like to thank Karen, who was my point of contact and arranged an excellent 
programme,  which  exceeded  my  expectations.  I  received  a  lot  of  ‘practical  tips  and 
recommendations’, all of which will be very useful.

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Malta

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Participant

Iordan Daloukov

Bulgaria

Romania

Hosting country

Sweden

Tutor

Marcus Andrae

Preferred topic

Forensic (Forensic photography)

During the exchange visit, focus was given to the structure of the Swedish National 
Laboratory  of  Forensic  Science  (SKL),  methods  and  equipment  used  for  forensic 
photography  and  video  analysis,  best  practices  accepted  in  image  comparisons  and 
examination. I visited the laboratory divisions of Fingerprinting, Chemistry, Ballistics, 
Marks and Technical Analysis, Video Forensic group, Questioned Documents, etc.

During my visit to Göteborg I visited the local police forensic laboratory where I was 
introduced to the sections dealing with imaging technology, ballistics, trace analysis, 
etc.

I  had  the  opportunity  to  work  closely  together  with  my  experienced  tutor  Marcus 
Andrae, photographing real exhibits, finger and footprints, body fluids, attending real 
crime scenes related to sexual violation and photographing unprocessed finger marks 
left at the scene using alternative light sources and barrier filters.

During my visit to SKL, I introduced my Swedish colleagues to the Bulgarian approach 
to training crime scene photographers and delivered a set of illustrated training courses 
in English. I also demonstrated a UV absorbance/reflectance photography method for 
fingerprints left on ‘difficult’ surfaces with a high level of underlying pattern details.

The  significant  difference  of  the  equipment  and  technological  level  between  the 
Bulgarian  RIFSC  laboratory  and  SKL  in  the  fields  of  forensic  photography  and 
video analysis requires adaptation of the best practices and methods used in SKL to 
the  restricted  financial  and  technical  resources  of  the  RIFSC  laboratory.  Therefore 
together with my host and tutor we have adapted several important methods which 
can and will be easily implemented in the everyday routine photography work with 
the existing equipment.

These include the following:

—   storing and processing of digital fingerprint images in RAW format and further 

clarity and edge enhancement via application of non-linear filtering;

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—   a  method  for  electrostatic  lifting  and  photographing  of  dust  footprints  left  on  a 

paper background;

—   shooting  and  creation  of  panoramic  presentation  of  crime  scene  pictures  with 

sketches, callouts, dynamic links, etc.;

—   photography of luminescent latent fingerprints.

In  the  field  of  video  analysis  I  was  introduced  to  the  Swedish  approach  for  image 
comparisons  using  likelihood  ratio,  analysis  tools  in  data  recovery  from  video 
files,  software  for  analysis  of  compressed  images,  identification  of  digital  images 
manipulation, etc.

From this knowledge and experience we were able to formulate several examination 
techniques that can be performed with the available equipment in RIFSC and will be 
implemented in the video analysis:

—   identifying  the  source  photo  or  video  camera,  based  on  the  images  or  videos  it 

produces;

—   extraction  of  information  that  indicates  the  quality  and  nature  of  the  camera/

software used in saving the file;

—   data recovery of images and video files.

During  my  visit  I  was  deeply  impressed  by  the  level  of  SKL  facilities,  the  layout 
optimisation,  operational  organisation,  technical  equipment,  variety  of  forensic 
methods  used  and  most  important  —  the  enthusiasm  of  the  forensic  experts  and 
technicians that was clearly visible and tangible in all my contacts.

From my viewpoint the exchange visit was a complete 
success!  It  has  contributed  to  the  development 
and  implementation  of  new  methods  in  forensic 
photography  and  video  analysis  in  Bulgaria,  a 
re-evaluation  of  our  present  practice  in  the  light 
of  the  Swedish  SKL  best  practice  and  numerous 
tiny  professional  bits  and  tricks,  typical  for  such  a 
multidisciplinary discipline such as forensic science.

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Lithuania

Malta

Bulgaria

Romania

Cyprus

Participant

Estonia
Hosting country

Tutor

Marios Lemoniatis
Hungary

Lithuania

Antanas Vilcinskas

Letonia

Preferred topic

Cybercrime

Poland

For my Exchange Programme, I visited several institutions in Lithuania. These were: 
the Ministry of Interior, the Police Department, Vilnius County Police Headquarters, 
the Lithuanian Police Forensic Science Centre, the State Border Guard Service under 
the Ministry of the Interior and the State Forensic Medicine Service under the Ministry 
of Justice.

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Slovakia

Overall, the programme was very well organised and the colleagues were very helpful 
and friendly. Everyone was working very hard in order for the programme to be the 
best it could be.

I was mostly interested in the computer forensic departments and I got the chance to 
observe and exchange practical knowledge and discuss good practices in that field. The 
knowledge I gathered will help me personally in my daily work but will help my whole 
department in creating and updating good practice manuals.

In short, I thought this was a wonderful and productive experience.

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Participant

Vladimir Lank

Hosting country

Bulgaria

Tutor

Mariyan Vasilkov

Preferred topic

Drug trafficking

For  my  Exchange  Programme,  I  visited  the  drug  department  of  the  Directorate  for 
combating organised crime in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The programme was very beneficial to make new contacts with colleagues working on 
the same issues, as this will be very useful for future cooperation. I also gained new 
information about the police system in Bulgaria, as well as new information about the 
system of law, criminal threats and opportunities for police cooperation.

While it is difficult to be specific about the best practices exchanged during the visit 
—  it’s  hard  to  ‘exchange’  because  we  don’t  share  the  same  legal  system,  police  code 
or penal code — I can say that in seeing how a police department works in another 
country, I was able to see the successes and the problems and discuss these and other 
issues with colleagues. All this will be very useful for further cooperation. Overall, the 
Exchange Programme was a really good chance for me to get in contact with numerous 
colleagues  from  another  country,  working  on  the  same  topic.  Without  meeting  the 
colleagues face-to-face, there isn’t really another opportunity for me to make lasting 
contacts based not only on working level. One month later, I was still in daily contact 
with my counterpart, so this contact is now based also on our friendship and trust. 
And I think that this is only way to exchange police information and start cooperation 
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Estonia 

Participant

Czech Rep.

Cyprus

Estonia

Hosting country

Hungary

Tutor

Erkki Aivola

Hungary

Letonia

Balazs Varga 

Preferred topic

Dog handlers (special topic)

Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Bulgaria

Romania

I visited the School for Police Dog Handlers in Dunakeszi, Hungary for two weeks at 
the beginning of July.

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Slovenia

I found that there are a few differences between Estonian and Hungarian police canine 
job management. For example, Hungary has a different approach to selection of dogs 
for  police  service:  dogs  are  generally  purchased  at  the  age  of  10–12  months,  not  as 
puppies  and  tested  to  find  out  whether  they  are  suitable  for  police  work.  Also,  the 
future dog handler and service dog’s primary training is set up differently: the primary 
training lasts six months consecutively. This method surely has its advantages. Most of 
the Hungarian police dogs have only one profession and so this creates an opportunity 
to focus on one subject and do it well. I was impressed by the dogs’ drug searching 
precision and ability to find hidden drugs in high location dead drops. I learnt how to 
train a dog to perform these tasks and how to read a dog in these situations.

Besides  exchanging  everyday  practical  work  and 
training experience, I had a chance to discuss police 
canine  management  and  its  role  in  domestic  and 
European Union security. I talked with the director 
of the school and other Hungarian colleagues about 
how different regions of one state can cooperate in 
the police canine field. The Hungarian side also told 
me about KYNOPOL — a new EU network, which 
hopefully  will  be  established  to  coordinate  police 
service  dogs’  work  and  training  standards  within 
EU. Hungary volunteered to perform the functions 
of  a  permanent  secretariat  for  KYNOPOL,  which 
would  organise  the  activities  of  the  network, 
and  give  administrative  support  to  the  network. 
Some  progress  in  this  field  was  made  during  the 
Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011.

Erkki Aivola

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successful programme. My stay in Hungary was filled with activities that offered me 
assurance of my experience as a dog handler and also gave me some new information. 
I  gained  many  new  friends  and  had  memorable  conversations  with  my  Hungarian 
colleagues. I received a very warm welcome, for which I’m very thankful.

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Hosting country

Pekka Melleri

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Romania

Tutor

Jean Pierre Devos and Frederic Salm

Preferred topic

Community policing and prevention of radicalisation

As  deputy  chief  of  a  police  department  I  am  interested  in  various  aspects  of  police 
work. For this programme, one of my preferences was community policing from the 
point of view of terrorism and radicalisation.

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Generally  I  was  very  interested  to  compare  the  organisation  of  the  local  police  in 
Belgium and in Finland and of course the resources. In particular, I was interested to 
learn how police training is organised in Belgium; how the different law enforcement 
authorities cooperate was also one of the goals and to build up a network of colleagues 
from other countries.

UK

My observations from my visits and presentations include the following:

Where police training is concerned, the structure of the country and the fact that the 
training is given in two national languages is evident in a number of police colleges. 
Belgium gives training at 13 different institutions when only one is enough in Finland. 
Every province in Belgium has its own police college and I had the pleasure to visit the 
Institut Provincial de Formation du Hainaut, Academie de Police, which is of a high 
standard.

Letonia

For 20 years, my police department has had to deal with a large number of asylum 
seekers. I visited the airport in Brussels and had a very professional presentation on 
how the airport works from the police point of view. While there, I checked about 30 
false Finnish passports. Some of the passports were of such poor quality that any Finn 
could have seen that they were false. Some of the documents were, however, of very 
high quality.

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Regarding local police, the main surprise for me was that the municipalities and cities 
have the main responsibility for the financing of the police. In Finland we only have 
one national police and all finance is the responsibility of the government. The high 
number of the police departments (196) was also a surprise. In my own country we 
have 24.

We had a lot of discussions about the planning of police activities. I got an impression 
that the four-year plan which is made for the police functions is at high level and a very 
useful guide when the police are using their resources.

Also, as a Finn, it was strange to see that the mayor has the main responsibility for the 
internal security.

In conclusion, the exchange period in Brussels was a very useful time. I established a 
living network and I am convinced that the network I built during my time in Belgium 
will benefit us in many ways in future. Also, as I took part in visits and presentations, 
I was often prompted to think about how I could apply some of what I was seeing to 
Finland. Now, I have many ideas I have to test.

And, last but not least: when visiting different authorities and police departments you 
find out that in many ways your own organisation is functioning very well and you 
can be proud of it.

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Denmark

Finland

France

France

Participant

Frederic Danel

Hosting country

Italy

Tutor

Daniela Caputo

Preferred topic

Learning environment

Germany

Greece

Italy

Ireland

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

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UK

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Cyprus

Estonia

Hungary

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Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Slovakia

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Bulgaria

Romania

As  part  of  my  programme,  I  visited  many  services  of  the  Italian  department  of 
the  penitentiary  administration:  jails,  schools  and  police  academies.  I  attended  a 
presentation by the Italian CEPOL unit and I visited the Italian interagency College 
of Advanced Studies for Law Enforcement Officials. I was impressed by this superior 
school  which  provides  training  to  senior  police  managers  of  five  different  corps.  It 
seems  that  this  school  is  unique  in  Europe.  I  was  also  interested  in  the  very  open-
minded  courses  provided  by  the  Italian  superior  institute  of  penitentiary  studies 
(ISSP) and the focusing on etiquette and human rights.

During  the  exchange,  I  observed  that  our  training  organisations,  French  national 
police and Italian penitentiary police, are very similar. The teaching methods used are 
similar and based on the same knowledge, skills and behaviours.

The ISSP and the national training institute of the French police (INFPN) are both 
involved  in  training  design,  teaching,  research  and  diffusion  of  best-practices.  The 
main goal is to make the training more active and based on professional skills. Also, 
both organisations are looking for new e-learning strategies.

The main topic was the learning environment and the subject of e-learning was raised 
in  each  training  organisation  visited.  In  Italy,  as  in  France,  face-to-face  is  the  main 
method  used  in  training.  However,  interest  in  e-learning  is  growing,  not  only  as 
online learning, but as a web-based training process integrated in blended learning 
strategies. This exchange confirmed to me that the most powerful training tool is social 
interaction and it is easier to get this after an exchange phase. So, the first exchange in 
Italy looked like a kick-off and team-building phase.

As a result, it seems to me that the whole exchange period is not the end of a process 
but the beginning of another. I hope so.

I  really  appreciated  the  mutual  (peer-to-peer)  design  of  our  hosting  plan  and  the 
relations  with  colleagues  created  by  the  exchange.  I  will  try  to  do  my  best  to  share 
knowledge and best practices during the second part of the exchange in France.

Finally, this exchange in Italy improved my language skills in English and Italian. To 
conclude, I am very grateful to my counterpart for the different meetings organised 
with colleagues of other Italian police forces.

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Denmark

Finland

France

Germany  

Participant

Andre Konze

Germany

Hosting country

Greece

Romania

Italy

Ireland

Luxembourg

Tutor

Iulian Razvan Enache

Preferred topic

Police training and educational systems

My visit to Romania began in the police academy in Campina, located about an hour’s 
drive from the capital Bucharest.
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There  are  two  police  academies  in  Romania  where  police  agents  are  trained.  One  is 
in  Campina,  the  other  in  Cluj-Napoca.  Both  operate  under  the  same  standards  and 
curricula. The police academy in Bucharest trains so-called police officers. The school in 
Bucharest has sole responsibility for this task.

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The two police academies in Campina and Cluj-Napoca conduct a joint training event 
once a year. This year the event took place in Cluj-Napoca. I had the good fortune that 
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this event was exactly during the time when I was in Romania. I could thus get to know 
both schools.

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Bulgaria

I was able to experience the educational system of the Romanian police intensively (police 
agents only). The training lasts two years. At the police academy in Campina there are 
about 650 cadets per year. The training has theoretical and practical elements. All areas 
are conducted at the police academy. The  equipment  of the school  may be  described 
as exemplary. The facilities are large enough for nearly 1 400 students. Classrooms but 
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also training opportunities for all areas of police activity are present. Examples include: 
shooting, crime scene recording, recording accidents, sport, traffic theory, etc.

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Malta

I could take lots of ideas for my own work. These suggestions 
relate to the example planning of training. While the North 
Rhine-Westphalian approach recruits for all areas of police 
officers  and  then,  for  example,  trains  them  to  become  IT 
specialists,  the  Romanian  model  goes  the  other  way.  The 
Romanian  police  hire  IT  specialists  and  train  them  on 
police  issues.  Another  suggestion  is  the  close  connection 
between theory and practice or training.

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The idea of the Exchange Programme can only be described 
as  excellent.  In  particular  all  efforts  to  merge  the  right 
partners have paid off. Also the service offered by CEPOL 
is excellent.

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Hungary  

Participant

Balazs Hekeli

Estonia

Vähi Ilmar

Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Romania

Preferred topic

Drug trafficking, Organised crime

Slovenia

For my Exchange Programme, I visited Estonia, where my host was Vähi Ilmar. There 
are four police prefectures in the country, and I visited the drug unit of the Southern 
Prefecture, in Tartu. I spent seven days there and then moved to the capital, Tallinn, 
for another four days. In Tallinn I also visited the Northern Prefecture, in particular 
the drug unit. I also met several times the heads of the organised crime units in both 
Tartu and Tallinn.

I saw many things in Estonia. I visited almost all police buildings in Tartu, and also 
met many police officers from all kinds of unit. They took me to real police actions as 
well, so I could see how Estonians do the surveillance, arrests, etc. I also visited three 
of Estonia’s prisons, this was also a great experience.

It’s hard to identify practices that could be directly changed, but I learnt a lot and saw 
many things that could be applied to the Hungarian police. Honestly, I was positively 
surprised by what I saw in Estonia, and I was impressed by the professionalism of the 
police force. There did not seem to be any bureaucracy — or just a little bit — instead, 
there were very quick and effective criminal procedures, with ‘friendly’ deadlines.

We (my host and I) really learned a 
lot from this Exchange Programme, 
it was a fantastic experience. Twelve 
days is long enough to learn many 
things about the police system and 
also  the  country  and  of  course, 
make  many  friendships  for  the 
future.

I am really grateful that I could take 
part in this programme.

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Ireland

Hosting country

Tutor

Daniela Caputo
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France

Frederic Danel

Preferred topic

Learning environment

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Portugal

Spain

Sweden

UK

During  the  exchange  in  Clermont-Ferrand  I  visited  the  various  departments  of  the 
national training institute of the French police (INFPN), to deepen understanding of  
each of its missions and activities, as well as:

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—   The  national  school  of  the  national  police  (ENSP),  another  major  educational 
hub of the prestigious French national police, in charge of the initial training of 
commissioners of the police nationale (PN) and the training of senior executives 
of the PN.

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Malta

Poland

—     The  headquarters  of  Interpol  in  Lyon,  the  centre  of  resources,  which  runs  the 
Internet  portal  that  allows  all  authorised  users  to  access  training  resources  and 
information online.
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Romania

—   The management interregional recruitment and training body (DIRF) appointed 
to  the  training  of  police  agents  in  the  south-east  of  France.  Worthy  of  note  is 
the archive, accessible to all trainers in the region, a series of ‘malettes’, that is a 
complete  kit  of  training  on  various  topics  which  the  trainer  shall  apply  and  on 
the basis of which they shall run the course. Such an information system ensures 
uniformity of training and information management.

—   The police training centre (CFP), which corresponds to our SFAP, mainly aimed at 

training of agents and police.

—   The school of initial training of the GPX, in Lyon. It is the equivalent of our SFAP 

for agents.

—   Visit  to  the  local  prisons:  the  maison  d’arret  of  the  district,  equivalent  to  our 
‘circondariale’, accommodates about one hundred ordinary prisoners and more or 
less a twentieth of women.

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As said, concerning application of new technologies for training, the French national 
police  are  at  the  forefront  of  this  and  I  think  we  could  take  inspiration  from  the 
techniques and methods used by IFNPN to implement e-learning at the ISSP.

In detail, we could try to use the following tools:

—   The  Learning  Management  System  (LMS)  that  allows  working  with  actual 
classrooms  and  ‘virtual  classrooms’,  extremely  useful  in  terms  of  saving  time, 
especially from an economic point of view.

—   Libre Office, an operating system which is completely free and extremely rich.

—   In terms of internal and external communication: creating a newsletter with all the 

information about the structure of ISSP.

—   Partnership with the ENSP in Lyon in order to provide the possibility of a study 
week dedicated to simply acquiring information rather than undergoing training, 
especially for the future course of the third commissioners at the ISSP. In all courses 
of French commissioners, in fact, a trip abroad is expected as an integral part of 
learning and training. The school in Lyon offers the same levels of accommodation 
and meals as the ISSP. It could be the first opportunity, since so far the trips were 
made only in Belgium and Spain.

—   A catalogue of topics, organised by information kits, available on the intranet to 
all  staff  appointed  to  the  regional  training.  Such  an  information  system  ensures 
uniformity of training and information management.

To conclude, I am very grateful to my tutor for the well-organised planning and for 
the professionalism.

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Hungary

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Lithuania

Malta

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Romania

Latvia

Participant

Vita Kalote

Hosting country

Czech Republic

Tutor

Marian Paštinský 

Preferred topic

Community policing and prevention of radicalisation

I took part in my Exchange Programme with a colleague from Sweden. We had a very 
full programme in which we saw many different aspects of policing.

One  of  my  first  visits  was  to  the  Integrated  Safety  Centre,  in  the  Moravian-Silesian 
region. We had a presentation of all departments connected to the Integrated Rescue 
System  in  the  Czech  Republic.  We  were  impressed  by  the  modern  building  and 
technology, where trained people receive calls (112) and deal with the situations. In my 
opinion, there was excellent coordination between all the emergency services. 

The  International  Relations  Department  presented  the  history  of  the  department, 
cooperation  with  partner  states  and  how  joint  patrols  function.  We  got  to  see  joint 
patrols and met people who really work on the border (not the border guards — these 
are Shengen-connected countries) — I was amazed how it works: Polish and Czech 
colleagues (policemen and border guards) are in the same office room and do work, 
it means they get done things straight away! We saw the plan of each month for joint 
patrols — where, who, why and the goal of it! I think the Czech and Polish sides have 
done a good job on this. All of this tour was organised by Commissioner Lieutenant 
Lešek Buhta. 

At  the  riot  police  detachment  in  Frýdek  Místek,  we  were  introduced  to  riot  police 
equipment — official police guns (weapons), police rib boat, police vehicles, mobile 
communication centre, special police inflatable tent and mobile canteen for policemen 
if they have to be away more than a day.

At the second half of our visit we attended special preventive action — special boat 
rides  at  the  nearest  dam,  Žermance,  with  local  riot  police  officers.  As  we’ve  got  to 
know, that outdoor police event is focused mainly on missing persons in the Regional 
Police Directorate of the Moravian-Silesian region, poachers and riots. Altogether in 
the region there are 180 riot policemen who are working on shifts but are always ready 
for emergency call.

We  visited  the  high  police  school  and  secondary  police  school  run  by  the  Ministry 
of Interior in Holešov (http://www.spshol.cz). There was an introduction to training 
programmes for police officers and learners.

The very interesting part of it was to see how the training rooms are prepared where 
the students can learn in real situations: bank — bank robbery, shop — shoplifting, 
apartment for domestic violence, customs place and passport control at the airport, 
hotel reception and hotel room for illegal immigrants, cafe, and restaurants. One of the 
oldest classrooms was with turn-able class seats surrounded by little playgrounds that 
showed the situation: living room, bank, café and hotel reception.

In conclusion, I was enlightened by the police system and police training system in the 
Czech Republic, aspects of police training, education for future policemen and officers 
and police activities in creating and acting on ways of community policing as well as 
crime prevention.

Thanks to my tutor Marian Paštinský and my Swedish colleague Mats Turdell for great 
hospitality, clear fulfilled programme and sense of humour!

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Rimvydas Kasperavicius
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Slovenia

Tutor

Valdemar Uruba

Preferred topic

Financial crime

Bulgaria

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During  my  stay  in  Ostrava,  Czech  Republic  (1–12  August  2011)  I  got  acquainted 
with  the  organisation  of  the  pre-trial  investigation  in  the  field  of  fraud.  I  was  also 
introduced to the use of legal and technical means applied during the investigation 
process,  juridical  aspects  of  asset  seizure,  cooperation  between  state  institutions 
during the investigation process, information available on databases and how it can be 
used as well as pre-trial investigation control means.

My tutor, Valdemar Uruba, had organised a very full programme for me.

Under  his  professional  and  thoughtful  guidance  I  was  familiarised  with  the  work 
of  different  Czech  law  institutions.  We  went  to  the  department  of  criminal  action 
of Moravian-Silesian police headquarters where I was shown and introduced to the 
activity  of  this  department.  We  also  went  to  the  Moravian-Silesian  revenue  office 
where I was introduced to the director Stanislav Friedel. We exchanged information 
about the most popular fraud methods in the field of tax evasion.

My  programme  started  with  a  visit  to  the  Moravian-Silesian  police  headquarters, 
where I met with Marian Paštinský, the director, who acquainted me with the Czech 
police system, activity of separate departments, and their functions. I also visited a few 
subsidiary units under the police service (for example, the transport unit) and I learnt 
about the databases used by police officers when carrying out operational action and 
pre-trial investigation.

We  also  met  with  a  prosecutor  in  control  of  pre-trial  investigation.  We  exchanged 
information  and  ideas  about  the  problems  in  the  process  of  investigation  and  their 
solutions  as well  as  pre-trial  investigation  control  methods.  Later  I  was  shown  how 
control is done through telecommunications networks, how information is recorded, 
and how significant information is used in pre-trial investigation.

I was also shown a pre-trial investigation case associated with VAT embezzlement with 
fictitious enterprises involved which inadequately increase the value of export goods 
and ship them to countries in Africa.

My  visit  included  a  trip  to  the  Joint  Czech–Polish  Border  Unit  where  a  newly 
established department of information analysis and exchange was visited. There, both 
Polish and Czech police officers work jointly (in one room).

My  programme  concluded  with  a  visit  to  the  biggest  Moravian-Silesian  police 
headquarters training centre in Holešov. It is like a campus where students, future police 
officers and officers live and learn to increase their qualifications. I got acquainted with 
the basic training programmes for police officers and technical base on campus.

The CEPOL Exchange Programme gave me the possibility to become familiar with the 
daily work of Czech police officers. The information about the investigation methods 
used by Czech colleagues, technical equipment and databases is very useful and can 
be  shared  with  my  Lithuanian  colleagues.  It  can  be  used  to  make  improvements  in 
Lithuanian officers’ work.

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George Cremona

Slovakia

Slovenia

Hosting country

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Tutor

Jose Luis Penas Prietro

Preferred topic

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Bulgaria

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Countering  terrorism  and  its  ancillary  matters  in  today’s  world  is  of  paramount 
significance.  Having  had  the  opportunity  to  be  part  of  an  Exchange  Programme  in 
Spain at the Guardia Civil (SIGC) was of great importance for me. Furthermore, it was 
very interesting to meet special units within the SIGC and participate in discussion 
together with them in view of their day to day duties.

During  the  said  Exchange  Programme  we  discussed  modern  techniques/methods 
being  used  by  the  Spanish  authorities  in  order  to  prevent  both  domestic  and 
international terrorism. One of the most important topics discussed was that of the 
sharing  of  information  between  all  stakeholders  in  real  time  both  domestically  and 
internationally.

Another important issue discussed in detail was that of radicalisation of persons via the 
Internet. When discussing the issue of radicalisation, we covered also the monitoring 
of websites and the modus operandi used for analysis.

During the Exchange Programme, I have maintained 
and  developed  new  contacts  with  other  colleagues 
and these are now part of my professional network 
which is invaluable in intelligence sharing.

The  experience  and  knowledge  gained  from  the 
Exchange Programme in Spain will be shared with 
my colleagues and looking back I feel that this visit 
was very relevant to my professional needs and the 
requirements at my workplace.

Last  and  not  least  I  would  like  to  thank  CEPOL 
for giving me this opportunity and also the SIGC 
for  hosting  me  and  doing  all  their  best  for  this 
Exchange Programme to be a success.

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Jaroslav Vagner

Preferred topic

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Letonia

During the exchange, I visited the Střední policejní škola, in Prague (Hrdlořezy), one 
of  the  six  police  colleges  of  the  Czech  police.  I  also  visited  other  services:  two  dog 
handling departments, a mounted police unit and the river police unit of Prague. At 
the dog handling departments, I took part in some demonstration exercises and I came 
to the conclusion that the Portuguese canine police unit has the same techniques.

Poland

Slovakia

The Czech police training system is very different from the Portuguese one. However, 
the  police  training  in  the  field  of  intervention  techniques,  particularly  regarding 
tactical vehicle intervention, handcuffing techniques, tactical movement, self-defence, 
and shooting training, closely resembles the techniques which are developed in my 
country.

Slovenia

The police school gave me the opportunity to try a shooting gun simulation with laser 
shot  equipment.  It  is  a  great  training  system  that  I  would  like  to  implement  in  the 
Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security, where I work in Lisbon.

The Police Academy of the Czech Republic works like any other public institution of 
higher education. Completing and passing the course does not confer the status of police 
officer. After the course at the academy (which confers a bachelor or masters degree — 
Bologna 3+2), the new graduate (with the degree of bachelor or masters) may simply 
follow  their  civilian  life  or,  instead, 
choose a career in the police. In this case, 
they must complete a nine-month course 
in a police college. It’s a unique structure, 
completely different from the Portuguese 
(and other countries of Europe).

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Poland 

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Slovakia
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Przemyslaw Wrzosek and Rafal Kwasinski
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Portugal

Tutor

Marco Branco and Pedro Souza

Preferred topic

Investigative interviewing

The exchange period we spent in Portugal was very fruitful and interesting. We had 
the  opportunity  to  visit  many  police  institutions  and  talk  to  the  colleagues  about 
police interviews. Meeting experienced police investigators with years of practice in 
interviewing people was truly  important for me.  During my  visit,  we had meetings 
with many people, including the following:

•   Ms dr Carla Falua, Director of Academy of the Judicial Police in Loures, Portugal.

•   Ms  dr  Mariana  Rajmundo,  Vice  Director  of  Academy  of  the  Judicial  Police,  who 
talked  about  the  structure  and  organisational  aspects  of  Policia  Judiciaria  in 
Portugal and also about the personnel system, recruitment and education in Policia 
Judiciaria.

•   Ms  Carla  Moura  Leao,  Dr  Cristina  Soeiro,  Pedro  Manuel  Santos  e  Souza,  Marco 
Branco  from  Policia  Judiciaria  and  its  academy;  during  the  meeting  Ms  Leao 
presented information about investigative interviewing training and the content of 
the course. Especially interesting were conversations about the plans of the project of 
new investigative interviewing course implementation. Our Portuguese colleagues 
were very interested in behavioural analysis and discourse analysis.

•   Mr  Victor  Alexandre,  Director  of  Policia  Judiciaria  Department  in  Lisbon  (the 
Policia Judiciaria (PJ) is the equivalent of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBS) in 
Poland).

The big difference is that the PJ is within the Ministry of Justice structure and CBS 
is within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The range of tasks is quite similar but the 
system  of  work  and  internal  structure  differs  from  ours.  We  discussed  organised 
crime-related  issues  and  the  general  situation  in  Portugal,  including  how  organised 
crime is growing and changing direction.

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•   Ms  Alexandra  Andre  —  Sex  Crimes  Unit  coordinator  and  Ms  Ana  Guilherne  — 
police  officer  and  investigator  from  that  unit.  We  talked  about  the  main  tasks  of 
the unit in fighting this crime, as well as interviewing techniques for victims and 
witnesses (especially children).

•   Visit to Mértola, Alentejo region, meeting with District Judge Ms Maria Fonseca and 
District Prosecutor Mr Pedro Figueiredo, where we talked about the legal system, 
code of proceedings regulation and judicial proceedings in Portugal.

•   Meeting  in  Unidade  Nacional  Contra-Terrorismo  (UNCT)  in  Lisbon  and 
(Counterterrorism Department of Policia Judiciaria), where we had conversations 
with  coordinators  of  the  Threat  Intelligence  Unit  and  the  External  Cooperation 
Unit.  We  talked  about  the  different  kinds  of  terrorism  threats  in  Portugal  (ETA, 
RIRA, SEGI Taldes Y, Resistência Galega).

•   Meeting  in  the  Finance  Intelligence  Unit  of  Policia  Judiciaria  in  Lisbon.  It  was  a 
very good opportunity to exchange information in the field of economic and finance 
crimes, tax frauds, money laundering and terrorism financing. 

•   Visit  to  National  Academy  of  Guarda  Nacional  Republicana  (GNR)  in  Queluz, 
for a presentation about the GNR, its structure and responsibilities, description of 
personnel  and  training  system.  We  saw  the  classrooms  and  simulation  room  for 
interview training, visits to all main sections of the academy.

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Iulian Razvan Enache

Hosting country

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Tutor

Andre Konze

Preferred topic

Police training and educational systems

I  was  truly  impressed  on  the  first  morning  of  my  exchange  when  I  first  saw  LAFP 
Selm-Bork, Germany. I had always thought that the institution where I worked was 
large scale — it accommodates up to 1 400 students, but Selm-Bork LAFP is far larger. 
The material is enviable for any educational institution of the police in Europe.

I  had  a  very  busy  programme  with  Colonel  Andre  Konze  and  his  colleagues,  who 
showed me both the institution and many educational activities: road traffic, shooting 
sessions, physical training and self-defence and police tactics. I was very impressed 
with everything: from the classrooms and sports gyms with modern equipment to the 
polygon drawing shooting simulators

As  my  visit  coincided  with  festivities  marking  the  anniversary  of  60  years  of  LAFP 
Selm-Bork, I was able to see a demonstration of the strength and the professionalism 
of police officers and school students. I also witnessed the demonstration of teaching 
school students on many subject areas: driving with special tactical police, firefighting, 
mode of action in the demonstrations and counter-demonstrations, all culminating in 
the special action force troops.

My programme also included a visit to the city of Hamm, where I saw a professional 
police patrol of the city. On the last day of my visit I visited the training base of troops 
for Land NRW special police.

Some  of  the  best  practices  of  the  institution  LAFP  Selm-Bork  that  I  saw  included 
the  development  of  school  educational  resources,  new  methods  of  teaching  (team 
teaching), presentation of the school staff to a new system of admission to the school 
(including  sample  interview),  enrichment  aids  used  in  the  education  curriculum 
(English language course for police), improving the teaching of activities (the use of 
tomfa), inclusion in the curriculum of new curricular areas for firefighting and first aid 
and introduction of a new standard of teaching formats.

This Exchange Programme organised by CEPOL provides a good harmonisation of 
police practices and that could be followed by all economic and financial bodies of the 
European Union. All organisational activities carried out by CEPOL staff to implement 
the Exchange Programme were at the highest level and I will not hesitate to convince 
as many colleagues as possible to participate in this programme.

Thank you very much CEPOL for the opportunity that you have given to me. At the 
end  of  my  brief  reminder  I  would  like  to  thank  those  who  spent  the  two  weeks  in 
Selm-Bork  LAFP  with  me:  Colonel  Andre  Konze,  Captain  Hans  Joachim  Maassen, 
Lieutenant Andre Eggeman, Captain Anja Wagner and other police officers who were 
with me.

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Matjaz Mravlja

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Tutor

Jurgita Zachariene 

Preferred topic

Police training and educational systems

During August 2011 I participated in the CEPOL Exchange Programme in Lithuania. 
My tutor was Mrs Jurgita Zachariene, Senior Inspector, Law and Personnel Division, 
Financial Crime Investigation Service, Vilnius.

Throughout my visit I met people in the organisations who were all very positive. I 
could see from their approach to work that they enjoy the work that they do. People 
who are happy in their jobs are also successful.

Klaipeda police school 

Border unit

My field of work is police education. Mrs Jurgita Zachariene and colleagues showed 
me  the  Lithuanian  police  education  system  process.  The  system  has  a  very  good 
orientation (theoretical and practical approach). In conversations with teachers from 
school I got a new dimension of practical approaches (e.g. selection process, tactical 
practical education) which, from my point of view is very good.

Overall, my experience with the Exchange Programme was very positive and I am very 
glad that I participated in it. It was important for me to meet new colleagues and to see 
different approaches in the police education system. In my opinion each teacher from 
police schools in Europe should participate in that kind of exchange. An exchange of 
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Edvins Krastins

Preferred topic

Managing major events

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I must say that my Exchange Programme exceeded my expectations.

Lithuania

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I had the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences with members of the 
Latvian, Czech, Estonian and Italian penitentiary police forces all at the same time, 
which  gave  us  the  opportunity  to  learn  more  about  other  police  forces.  Matching 
police  force  members  from  different  countries  really  improved  the  quality  of  the 
exchange. And it was a good way to improve our English language skills! I would like 
to congratulate the members of the CEPOL office in Riga. They organised a perfect 
programme. We all had time to visit official and cultural places and have fun too.

Slovenia

Slovakia

During our stay we met the head of the state police, the chief of the central administrative 
department, the chief of the bureau of cooperation and development, the deputy chief 
of Riga regional police department, the deputy director of the state police college, the 
chief of Kurzeme region, the chief of the short-term detention facility, the chief of Riga 
prison, among others.

We  shared  our  time  and  experience  with  the  cadre  of  teachers  in  the  state  police 
college,  with  whom  we  discussed  the  different  recruitment  procedures,  structures, 
police education, studies, durations, specialisations, methods and material.

We were able to observe how they train in self-defence and how new police members 
learn how to shoot.

We spent a day with ALFA unit, which is an anti-riot unit, where we were able to try 
out the unit’s different material and equipment.

We also enjoyed a full day with OMEGA unit, which is the elite unit in Latvia. We were 
able to visit some of their training sites and also try some of their equipment too and 
practice rappelling.

We  also  visited  the  state  police  forensic  department,  Riga  expert  crime  scene  unit, 
chemistry  unit,  DNA  unit,  firearms,  traces  and  fingerprint  investigation  unit, 
odorology unit, forensic IT and voice analysis unit, book-keeping and audit unit and 
questioned documents unit.

The Exchange Programme also included a visit to Riga prison.

I realised that face-to-face is the main method used in training; however, the interest 
in e-learning is growing.

The  Exchange  Programme  designed  by  CEPOL  and  in  which  this  officer  has 
participated is the best way to learn about any police force. It lets you view the field 
structure and idiosyncrasies while enabling interaction, opening a direct channel of 
communication with members of other institutions.

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Slovenia

Robert Pracek

Preferred topic

Forensic (crime scene examination)

Czech Rep.

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As a forensic (Police Officer), my profession is examining crime scenes. Therefore I 
wanted to compare how we work at crime scenes in Sweden and the equipment we 
use with the ways of working of my foreign colleagues, with the purpose of bringing 
that  experience  home  with  me.  My  goal  was  also  to  establish  relations  for  future 
professional  cooperation.  A  personal  interest  of  mine  is  the  difference  in  laws  and 
regulations between countries.

Slovenia

Without doubt, my time in Slovenia was very valuable and this exchange programme 
has  exceeded  my  expectations.  During  my  first  week  we  spent  a  few  days  at  the 
Criminal Technician Unit in Ljubljana and Maribor, where we discussed fingerprints, 
shoeprints, DNA and looked at special equipped vehicles.

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located in Ljubljana.

During  a  visit  to  the  police  training  centre  in  Gotenica  we  looked  at  cooperation 
training between the police and military. I was able to see a practice exercise involving 
the release of a suspected hazardous item. Specially trained police (bomb technicians) 
and the military dismantled the suspected object.

During week two, we visited the National Forensic Laboratory. I had two interesting 
and to me very useful days where I was shown their facilities and we had discussions 
about how they work. A total of 68 people work in the laboratory, across five sections: 
Biological,  Physical,  Documents  and  Chemical  Examination  Sections  and  the 
Dactyloscopy Section. I got to visit all of them.

We also visited the IT-Forensic unit in Ljubljana, where 14 people work on various 
examinations involving IT, such as computers and mobile phones. Their workload was 
about 2 000 cases/year.

As part of my programme, I was also able to visit Croatia. On my official visit to Zagreb, 
I was welcomed by Mr Damir Barlovic, the head of the Crime Technics Department. 

Mr Barlovic explained how the Croatian police is organised, in particular the forensics.

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List of participants

Austria
Friedrich Kinner

Belgium
Christian Pire
Filip Van Langendonck
Frederic Salm
Guy Goudesone
Jean Pierre Devos
Joeri Van Nuffel
Peter Van Meulder
Sandra Casale

Bulgaria
Angel Mechkov
Biser Ivanov
Boyko Ranovski
Dimitar Stoev
Dobrin Nestorov
Dobromir Stanchev
Elena Kolcheva
Georgi Marks
Georgi Pekin
Goran Dragulev
Iordan Daloukov
Katerina Pekova
Mariana Drazheva
Mariana Klisarska Veleva
Mariyan Vasilkov
Mikhail Milkov
Rositsa Kolibarova
Stanyo Kyurkchiev
Stefan Delchev
Todor Arshinkov
Todor Dimitrov

Tzvetan Nishev
Vladimir Mirchev
Yanislav Klimentov
Yuliyan Yordanov

Cyprus
Christina Papaavraam
Christophoros Mavrommatis
George Christopoulos
Kostas Kostantinou
Lambros Themistocleous
Marios Lemoniatis
Pantelis Iordanous

Czech Republic
Andrej Rohal
Dagmar Bartonikova
Dan Krobot
David Herman
David Hvezda
David Predota
David Zavrel
Ivana Turkova
Jakub Hloušek
Jana Bartikova
Jaroslav Vagner
Katerina Slavikova
Ladislav Bilek
Marcel Pagac
Marek Prazak
Marian Pastinsky
Martin Burian
Martin Debnar
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Miroslav Maryska
Oldrich Bartek
Oldrich Martinu
Ondrej Loucka
Petr Kazar
Petr Sigut
Petr Vobornik
Petra Kováčová
Tomas Krejci
Tomas Romanek
Vaclav Rukner
Valdemar Uruba
Vladimir Lank
Vlastimil Lang
Zdenek Novak

Denmark
Henrik Gunst
Henrik Vestergaard
Maja Larsen
Morten Kaare Pedersen
Peter Toft-Jensen
Uffe Uldall Nielsen

Estonia
Aivar Toompere
Aleksander Gutmann
Andres Väliste
Anzela Tumanova
Diana Erikson
Erkki Aivola
Eve Pettai-Koger
Gea Ling
Heiki Suomalainen
Heiko Mihkelson
Indrek Saaremael

Janek Pedask
Kivi Raigo
Marti Magnus
Oliver Pagel
Ottomar Virk
Piret Teppan
Risto Lepp
Tarmo Tammiste
Tauri Pärn
Tiiu Kull
Vähi Ilmar

Finland
Henrik Snellman
Marjut Kronlund
Pekka Melleri
Peter Sund

France
Alexandra Lefebre
Emmanuelle Joubert
Frederic Danel
Michel Ives Bernard
Muriel Floch
Pascal Cheylan
Sandrine Kupis
Siegfried Hullot

Germany
Andre Konze
Bernhard Egger
Felix Paschek
Günter Seibold
Joachim Lauer
Jurgen Hundertmark
Karl-Heinz Becker
Klaus Kandt
Maria Udalrika Hein
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Olaf Gösmann
Sascha Thorsten Buschky
Thomas Bastian
Thomas Illison
Thomas Krense

Greece
Dimokritos Demertzidis
Konstantinos Ragkos

Hungary
Andras Anyos
Andras Gaal
Andrea Kozary
Balazs Hekeli
Fruzsina Belus
Norbert David
Regina Virág
Zsofia Bokor

Ireland
Denis Heneghan
Rob Smyth

Italy
Andrea Tonellotto
Barbara Omenetti
Daniela Caputo
Ettore Tomassi
Flavio Traquillo
Francesco Massimiliano Miniti
Gennaro Pino
Giovanni De Stavola
Giovanni Luigi Iannotti
Giovanni Ruggeri
Ilaria Lomartire
Mario Imparato
Riccardo Galletta
Sergio Orlandi
Umberto Maria Palma

Latvia
Aleksandrs Buko
Ansis Pumpurs
Dace Jukama
Dimitrijs Novickis
Edvins Krastins
Evita Lipe
Jekaterina Ivanovna
Jelena Fedeneva
Karlis Rigerts
Liga Peisniece
Ruslans Grigs
Veronika Misjune
Vineta Kage
Vita Kalote

Lithuania
Aleksandra Rostovceva
Aleksandras Smironovas
Andžejus Roginskis
Antanas Vilcinskas
Dalia Kedaviciene
Darius Charzevskis
Diana Stukiene
Edgaras Mazeika
Edita Juskyte
Elcin Mamedov
Ernestas Jurkonis
Jurgita Zachariene
Kristina Dimsiene
Laimutis Kraujalis
Laura Ladzikaite
Lina Sopiene
Liutauras Debeikis
Marijanas Bogdziunas
Milda Sniaukstiene
Paulius Stagniunas
Raimundas Kulikauskas

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Rima Trijonienė
Rimvydas Kasperavicius
Saulius Kiela
Silva Raubiene
Tomas Butrimas
Vaida Jasenaite
Vilius Motiejaitis

Malta
Alexandra Mamo
Angelo Gafa
George Cremona
Maurice Curmi
Melvyn Camilleri
Sandro Zarb

Netherlands
Ester Hofman
Evert Pastoor
Frank DeBije
Jan Herm Lenters
Johann Hendrik Heideman

Poland
Dominika Slapczynska
Ewa Grzelak
Ireneusz Bembas
Iwona Kuc
Krystian Wojciechowski
Kryzstof Jozwicki
Krzysztof Blesznowski
Krzysztof Klemczak
Luiza Zamorska
Marta Jones
Marta Lukasiewicz
Monika Siarkiewicz
Piotr Rokicinski
Przemyslaw Wrzosek

Rafal Kwasinski
Tomasz Cieslak
Tomasz Swierczynski
Tomasz Szczepanski

Portugal
Anibal Baptista
Fernando Candeias
Godinho Santos
Joao Afonso
Jose Miguel Silva Vieira
Manuel Chantre
Marco Branco
Mário Guedelha
Paulo Oliveira
Pedro Souza
Sandra Camacho

Romania
Adina Miron
Adrian Ionut Bobeica
Camelia Danca
Catalin Adrian Bucur
Cristian Gabriel Stanescu
Helen Sipos
Ion Cristea
Iulian Razvan Enache
Letitia Stefan
Marcel Costel Ioan
Mihail Adrian Trifan Stoleru
Ovidiu Toma
Teofil Parasca
Valentin Iulian Epure
Valentin Vilcu
Valeriu Cristescu

Slovakia
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Bojan Kuhar
Boštjan Lindav
Branko Japelj
Darko Ledinšek
Matjaž Čuček
Matjaz Mravlja
Robert Pracek
Robert Sumi
Senad Jusic
Tomislav Omejec

Spain
Agustin Rodriguez
Antonio Corchon Melendo
Carlos Rodriguez Baturone
David Simon Polo
Eduardo Gutierrez
Gracia Mujica Ruiz
Jose Luis Penas Prietro
Jose Maria Peche Larena
Victor Manuel Arcas Ruiz

Sweden
Anders Larsson
Bo Lof

Borja Ohman

Cecilia Carlsson

Georgios Toris

Jakob Aryd

Jan Erik Lagarde

Jan Olofsson

Jan Schutt

Joakim Friberg

Johan Gunnarson

Johanna Hornberg

Johnny Rydin

Marcus Andrae

Martin Brodin

Mats Berggren

Mats Palmgren

Mats Turdell

Milja Kanerva

Soren Wictorsson

Tomas Parlklo

United Kingdom

Lewis Hunt

Rupert Dore

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About the CEPOL Exchange 
Programme team

CEPOL Exchange Programmes are run by four 
seconded national experts:

Eliska  Rozdolska  (Czech  Republic)  joined  CEPOL  in  July  2010.  She  provides 
administrative support for the implementation of the General Exchange Programmes. 
Eliska  is  the  dedicated  expert  for  the  pairing  of  all  participants  and  follow-up 
negotiations. She is also responsible for writing reports, collecting and collating data. 
It’s worth mentioning that she was CEPOL representative in Europol Study Visit II.

Zsanett Kertész (Hungary) joined CEPOL in March 2011. She provides administrative 
support  for  the  implementation  of  the  General  Exchange  Programmes  through  her 
outstanding  merits  as  an  expert  and  is  involved  in  all  activities  for  the  successful 
running  of  the  programmes.  She  is  also  responsible  for  drafting  formal  letters, 
invitations and reports. Zsanett represented CEPOL in Europol Study Visit I.

Boryana Dimitrova (Bulgaria) joined CEPOL in April 2011 as an expert to support the 
Tech Exchange Programmes. She moderates the platform on the LMS and takes care 
of the promotion and evaluation of the programmes. Boryana is also involved in the 
implementation of the Cybercrime Exchange Programme, Exchange Programme for 
Commanders and Europol Study Visit III. 

Jürgen Fehler (Germany) joined CEPOL in August 2011. His main responsibilities are 
to coordinate the workflow of the Exchange Programme Team and provide support 
for  the  financial  implementation  of  the  programmes.  Jürgen  also  takes  care  of  the 
filing system of the Exchange Programme and the preparation of the final reports. He 
represented CEPOL in the OLAF Study Visit.

 
 
 
 
 
CEPOL — European Police College

Explore — Exchange — Experience 
CEPOL European Police Exchange Programme 2011

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

2011 — 53 pp. — 14.8 x 21 cm

ISBN 978-92-9211-013-0
doi:10.2825/13656