To be effective, the police must be accepted by, and representative of, the population it is meant to service. Ensuring a balance between effectiveness of police institutions and their accountability to the rule of law, is central to maintain their legitimacy and the trust of the population.

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The session will highlight the role to be played by government Ministries, Parliaments, Ombuds-institutions, civil society and the media, but the most important role remains a change of approach and culture within policing itself. A major challenge facing governments today is the concerted, co-ordinated and sophisticated actions of organised crime syndicates.