Police Reforms in the context of EU integration of the Western Balkans, Podgorica

As part of the POINTPULSE network activities Andreja Bogdanovski talked about Police Reforms in the context of EU integration of the Western Balkans in Podgorica, Montenegro (7 September). Andreja highlighted that by starting the accession negotiations with the EU, reforms in police would intensify especially when opening Chapter 24.

He then mentioned that so far, police reforms under EU sponsorship have not been fully comprehensive – Areas of police work remained untouched such as the use of special investigative measures.

Speaking of tangible results of police reform in the Western Balkans he mentioned the crossing of borders only with ID cards.

The Migrant crisis on the other hand showed the good and bad on regional police cooperation. Better coordination of police forces across the region and information sharing is much needed.