太阳城网赌平台 will assist Mexico in professionalizing its police force through a U.S. 国务院-funded program that includes seminars with BC faculty and consultations with peers in the law enforcement field.
Developed by BC’s 全球 Leadership Institute, the Mexican Police Professionalization program – which begins later this fall – will bring 100 police officers from across Mexico during the coming months for discussions on accountability and civilian oversight.
除了参加BC的研讨会, the participants will talk with Boston-area and Massachusetts police, and representatives of civilian oversight organizations and other stakeholder groups. The officers will then travel to Seattle to learn about that city’s well-regarded programs on civilian oversight – among their contacts will be Seattle Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole ’76, former executive director of the BC 校友 Association.
GLI项目, 题为“加强问责制”, 监督与诚信,” is supported by a two-year grant of nearly $1 million from the 国务院 Bureau of 国际 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
太阳城网赌平台 was among eight organizations awarded grants by INL as part of an effort to help Mexican police officials address policy and practical challenges while building partnerships and networks across international borders. Other grant recipients included Yale and Stanford universities, 警察基金会, and the 国际 Association of the Chiefs of Police.
The Mexican Police Professionalization program reflects the new direction for GLI, 谁的产品能提高领导能力, enlarge professional networks and expand expertise. 作为爱尔兰太阳城官网所的化身, it was a locus for programs and initiatives aimed at supporting reconciliation between Ireland and Northern Ireland through increased mutual understanding and cross-border partnerships.
近年来, the institute has broadened its geographical scope to include other regions – notably the Middle East and North Africa – while also taking a broader role within the University to aid international outreach.
“这是一个巨大的飞跃, and hopefully the first of many opportunities for GLI to put its philosophy and practices to work on a grand scale,GLI执行董事罗伯特·毛罗。说. “The hallmark of our approach is our ‘four pillars’ – learning, 反射, 应用和网络. 以这些为基础, our programs utilize 太阳城网赌平台 faculty and cutting-edge researchers, and integrate the distinctive Jesuit philosophy integral to BC’s academic and formational mission.”
GLI has considerable experience in working with police forces, 毛罗。指出, pointing to past Irish Institute programs on community policing for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Ireland’s Garda Síochána.
The impetus for the professionalization program reflects changes and trends in Mexican law enforcement over the past several years, 毛罗。解释. “在过去, the police force was largely built on patronage, but Mexico wants to change that: They want law enforcement to be a career choice, one for which people are trained and have standards they must meet.“作为过渡的一部分, 他补充说, 社会监督, “which had largely been a courtesy on the part of police,” is now law – and there are penalties for police officers who commit violations.
The seminars at BC – led by faculty from Political Science, 社会学, 法学院, School of Social Work and Carroll School of Management, among others – will provide Mexican officers with an overview of guidelines, practices and issues that inform American law enforcement such as the structure of the US government as it relates to police-public relations; American attitudes on justice and accountability; and administration and managerial facets of US police.
在波士顿的时候, the participants will meet with state and local police officers as well as representatives from the state Office of the Attorney General, 当地社会服务组织Roca, and police-youth relations experts in the judiciary system.
“The hope is that the participants in the professionalism program will take on leadership roles in their individual organizations,毛罗说. “But these officers are very inexperienced – few have any law enforcement background – and they’ll need resilience and fortitude as they work to help change long-held attitudes and practices in the police force.
“That’s why we want the officers to connect with one another, 和美国同行, so they will have a network of expertise on which to draw. It’s also important for them to leave with some practical tools and strategic, managerial principles that will enable them to actualize what they’ve learned.
“我们对此很有信心, with GLI’s track record in building partnerships, the institute can be a key player in the professionalization of the Mexican police.”
——肖恩·史密斯|《大学传播