LEA 2

COMPARATIVE
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MODELS IN
POLICING

MIRASOL C. MALINAO, RCRIM

Professor
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Police Global Organizations

 Learning Outcomes

 Theorize the role the role of INTERPOL, ASEANAPOL,

EUROPOL, IACP and UN Policing to fight against criminality.
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INTERPOL

 Interpol is the short form of International Criminal Police

Organization. The International Criminal Police
Organization (Interpol) has collected international crime
statistics based on crimes known to the police annually since
1950
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 Its headquarters was initially located in Vienna Austria (it is where

Interpol was founded) but at present it is transferred to Lyon France
 It began in 1923, and at the same time its name was International
Criminal Police Commission
 In 1956, its name became International Criminal Police
Organization
 Interpol is the second biggest international organization
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 INTERPOL has 195 member countries

 They work together and with the General Secretariat to share data related to
police investigations.
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1. Interpol records any information about something that was in a

criminal case, ex: information on criminals, type of crime,
vehicles, anything to help any police officer with information
about a certain crime.
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the INTERPOL’s mandate and the primary task of INTERPOL is to

support police and law enforcement agencies in its 195 member
countries in their efforts to prevent crime and conduct criminal
investigations as efficiently and effectively as possible
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INTERPOL President

1. Mr. Khoo Boon Hui

2. RONALD KENNETH NOBLE

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Interpol’s Structure
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Interpol’s Structure

 General Assembly

 Executive Committee

 General Secretariat

 National Central Bureaus

 Advisers

 The Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files

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Interpol’s Structure

A. General Assembly

 Compose of delegates appointed by the governments of Member

Countries
 meets once a year and takes all the major decisions affecting general
policy, the resources needed for international co-operation, working
methods, finances and program of activities
 also elects the Organization's Executive Committee. Generally speaking,
the Assembly takes decisions by a simple majority in the form of
resolutions
 Each Member State represented has one vote.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Executive Committee
 Interpol’s select deliberative organ which meets three times a year,
usually in March, July and immediately before the General Assembly

supervise the execution of the decisions of the General Assembly

prepare the agenda for sessions of the General Assembly

submit to the General Assembly any program of work or project which it

considers useful
Supervise the administration and work of the Secretary General.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Executive Committee
 In accordance with Article 15 of the Constitution, the Executive
Committee has 13 members comprising the
 president of the organization,
 3 vice-presidents and
 9 delegates.
 These members are elected by the General Assembly and should belong
to different countries; in addition, the president and the 3 vice-presidents
must come from different regions.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Executive Committee

The president is elected for 4 years, and vice-presidents for 3. They are
not immediately eligible for re-election either to the same posts, or as
delegates to the Executive Committee.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Executive Committee
 Voting is by secret ballot. A two-thirds majority is required for the
election of the president. If this majority is not obtained after the second
ballot, a simple majority is then sufficient. Vice-Presidents and delegates
are elected on a simple majority. Each member state has one vote; those
member states attending the General Assembly are eligible to take part in
the election, providing they are not prevented from doing so under Article
52 of the General Regulations.
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Interpol’s Structure

 General Secretariat
 Located in Lyon, France, the General Secretariat operates 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year and is run by the Secretary General
 Officials from more than 80 countries work side-by-side in any of
the Organization’s four official languages: Arabic, English, French
and Spanish.
 The Secretariat has seven regional offices across the world; in
Argentina, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Kenya, Thailand
and Zimbabwe, along with Special Representatives at the United
Nations in New York and at the European Union in Brussels.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Secretary General
 Secretary General of the Organization is appointed by the General
Assembly for a period of 5 years
 He may be re-elected.
 The Secretary General is effectively the Organization’s chief full-
time official.
 He is responsible for seeing that the day-to-day work of international
police co-operation is carried out, and the implementation of the
decisions of the General Assembly and Executive Committee.
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Interpol’s Structure

 National Central Bureaus (NCB)

 Each INTERPOL member country maintains a National Central Bureau
staffed by national law enforcement officers.
 The NCB is the designated contact point for the General Secretariat,
regional offices and other member countries requiring assistance with
overseas investigations and the location and apprehension of fugitives.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Advisers
 these are experts in a purely advisory capacity, who
may be appointed by the Executive Committee and
confirmed by the General Assembly.
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Interpol’s Structure

 Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files (CCF)

To ensure that the processing of personal information by INTERPOL complies

with the Organization's regulations,

To advise INTERPOL on any project, operation, set of rules or other matter

involving the processing of personal information and

To process requests concerning the information contained in Interpol’s files.