Reforming Pakistan's police and law enforcement infrastructure electronic resource : is it too flawed to fix? / Hassan Abbas

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Special report (United States Institute of Peace)Publication details: Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), [2011]Description: 1 PDF-file(19 p.) : illSubject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Current challenges -- An opportunity -- Law enforcement organizations in Pakistan -- Reasons for weakness of law enforcement infrastructure -- Counterterrorism capacity and interinstitutional complexities -- Recommendations for reform.
Summary: An effective police force is critical to countering insurgency. In Pakistan, an understaffed and underequipped police force is increasingly called on to manage rising insecurity and militant violence. This report evaluates the obstacles to upgrading the existing police system and recommends traditional and innovative reform options, including major restructuring of the total civilian law enforcement infrastructure, without which the police force cannot be effectively improved. Because Pakistan's police capacity has direct implications for the country's ability to tackle terrorism, the United States and its allies would realize counterterrorism dividends by helping law enforcement efforts through modern training and technical assistance.
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SIPRI Library and Documentation CD127 G11_849 Available G11/849

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19).

Current challenges -- An opportunity -- Law enforcement organizations in Pakistan -- Reasons for weakness of law enforcement infrastructure -- Counterterrorism capacity and interinstitutional complexities -- Recommendations for reform.

An effective police force is critical to countering insurgency. In Pakistan, an understaffed and underequipped police force is increasingly called on to manage rising insecurity and militant violence. This report evaluates the obstacles to upgrading the existing police system and recommends traditional and innovative reform options, including major restructuring of the total civilian law enforcement infrastructure, without which the police force cannot be effectively improved. Because Pakistan's police capacity has direct implications for the country's ability to tackle terrorism, the United States and its allies would realize counterterrorism dividends by helping law enforcement efforts through modern training and technical assistance.

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