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About 2 million police officers are currently working within
the European Union. Be they members of federal, national, local
or regional police forces, of gendarmerie brigades, of customs
or financial departments, etc., a wide majority of those police
officers do nevertheless not have any contact with their other
European colleagues. Only a few specialists exchange information
and can, in some case, participate in European security projects.
Now, the rhythm of technological innovations and legislative
evolutions, the implementation of police co-operation agreements
and bodies are increasing year by year. Thoroughgoing changes
are announced for future training and working conditions of policemen
and customs officers. The European Security Research Programme
(ESRP) is intended to catch up the technological backwardness
of the EU and to better co-ordinate the efforts aimed at guaranteeing
the security of the European citizens.
Therefore, it should be interesting for police officers to be
able to follow this progress systematically and to consult each
other on the basis of their experiences, in brief, to exchange
a maximum of useful information. That is exactly the intended
purpose of the EPA and its partners through its website as a common
European platform.
The European Head Office
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