europol international

• National Standards, Local Delivery: Police Reform in England and Wales1

The system of police governance in England and Wales has been subject to a process of centralization for many decades. This development has accelerated in recent years, to the extent that although the de jure organization of policing remains based on local provincial forces, some commentators now feel that there is de facto national police force. In this paper, we outline the main contours of the institutional governance of policing in England and Wales, and discuss the main aspects of centralization that have occurred in recent decades. Although the overall picture of centralization is clear, a number of countervailing tendencies are visible that suggest the possibility of enhanced local influence. The paper concludes with a discussion of the future prospects for police organization an...

... the need to liaise effectively with international policing organizations such as Europol and Interpo...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 5 Nr. 2, April 2009

• Police Organization and Police Reform in Germany: The Case of North Rhine-Westphalia

The police in Germany is mainly a matter of the federal states, called "Lander", and only the Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) have nationwide, though limited powers and are the responsibility of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. North Rhine-Westphalia was chosen as it is the state with the largest number of habitants and of police officers. In the article three main topics are described and analyzed. The first part focuses on the police system and its reform in recent years. The second part shows some more aspects of the modernization of the police since the 1980s, like the integration of women and ethnic minorities in the police, the different activities to enhance the status of police officers for example by be...

... Police Office and the combat of international crime". In accordance with art. 73, 9a GG the Fede...Europol), as well as a rising (academic-based) specializat...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 5 Nr. 2, April 2009

• 'Der Beginn Einer Serie?'

...Es beteiligten sich mehr als 20 Länder, Europol und Interpol an der Suche. Ist das die Regel? . P... nicht üblich, dass sich so viele internationale Gruppierungen darum kümmern, vor allem keine Gehe...

• Die Tageszeitung; Berlin
• 14. Oktober 2009

• EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT - CONSEQUENCES AND PROBLEMS.

... capacity of the EU as an actor in international relations will increase whereas the coherence with... police forces as well as the work of Europol were strengthened; . * The EU got new policies lik...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 2 Nr. 1, Januar 2002

• EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT - CONSEQUENCES AND PROBLEMS.

... capacity of the EU as an actor in international relations will increase whereas the coherence with... police forces as well as the work of Europol were strengthened; . * The EU got new policies lik...

• German Policy Studies
• Band 1 Nr. 4, Oktober 2001