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Journalists should be well informed about the characteristics of
police work: Head of the Armenian Police
14:16, 20 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS: Encouraging effective partnerships
between the police and the media is the aim of a two-day workshop that
started in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia today. The two-day event is
co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian police.
As OCSE Office in Yerevan informed Armenpress , some 30 media
representatives and 20 police officers will discuss media coverage of
sensitive areas, such as pre-trial investigation of criminal cases,
cases involving juveniles and drug trafficking.'' Effective
co-operation between the police and the media is essential for society
to be better informed about police activities and the overall security
situation in the country, which in turn can help police fight
crime''said Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in
Yerevan.
Dusko Zavisic, an expert from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, will
participate in a workshop to share his experience of police-media
co-operation with Armenian counterparts. Lieutenant-General Vladimir
Gasparyan, the Head of the Armenian Police, welcomed the initiative:
Enhancing co-operation with the media is in line with our efforts to
raise the transparency of police work. Journalists should be well
informed about the specifics of police activities in order to provide
objective and correct information to people. The goal of today's event
is also to discuss the problems and general concerns with finding
common solutions.
The OSCE Office in Yerevan has been implementing a number of
activities to promote better police-media co-operation since 2009.
This includes roundtable discussions between police officers and media
representatives in Armenian regions, the production of a guidebook for
the police on how to deal with the media, training for police officers
involved in press and public affairs and the modernization of the
police website to provide up-to-date information to the public.
police work: Head of the Armenian Police
14:16, 20 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS: Encouraging effective partnerships
between the police and the media is the aim of a two-day workshop that
started in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia today. The two-day event is
co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian police.
As OCSE Office in Yerevan informed Armenpress , some 30 media
representatives and 20 police officers will discuss media coverage of
sensitive areas, such as pre-trial investigation of criminal cases,
cases involving juveniles and drug trafficking.'' Effective
co-operation between the police and the media is essential for society
to be better informed about police activities and the overall security
situation in the country, which in turn can help police fight
crime''said Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in
Yerevan.
Dusko Zavisic, an expert from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, will
participate in a workshop to share his experience of police-media
co-operation with Armenian counterparts. Lieutenant-General Vladimir
Gasparyan, the Head of the Armenian Police, welcomed the initiative:
Enhancing co-operation with the media is in line with our efforts to
raise the transparency of police work. Journalists should be well
informed about the specifics of police activities in order to provide
objective and correct information to people. The goal of today's event
is also to discuss the problems and general concerns with finding
common solutions.
The OSCE Office in Yerevan has been implementing a number of
activities to promote better police-media co-operation since 2009.
This includes roundtable discussions between police officers and media
representatives in Armenian regions, the production of a guidebook for
the police on how to deal with the media, training for police officers
involved in press and public affairs and the modernization of the
police website to provide up-to-date information to the public.