The guidelines for the police national strategic plan provided key ideas for the police mission statement and identified focus areas which need improvement, such as professional training, equipment, and relations with other government institutions.
It is ensured that police officers are identifiable by requiring them to provide their name, title and unit upon request, provided that the objective of the police mission is not endangered by this.
The General Assembly, in paragraph 36 of its resolution 49/37, requested the Secretary-General to strengthen further the civilian police mission and noted in this connection the views expressed in the progress report.
The Special Committee underscores the vital importance of the police mission within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and notes the rapid expansion of the policing functions in the field.
And anyway, the police's job is to serve the people.
The objective was to rescue the police's mission self-esteem and protagonism in the promotion and defense of human rights.
Under this approach, the task of the police is to protect rights and to facilitate, rather than frustrate, demonstrations.
The Government believes that the function of the police in the Netherlands Antilles is to maintain public order and to solve crime.