KOBAN (Japanese: 交番, a small neighbourhood police station found in Japan) will prepare police forces for the future, including the social and demographic changes that will influence daily police work.
KOBAN will be addressing the challenges of Community Policing in Europe; amongst them the need to enhance collaborations between LEAs, communities, NGOs and other stakeholders.
It became evident that there is a need for new CP models fostering an environment for sharing experiences across the EU and, most importantly, more engagement of citizens throughout the whole CP lifecycle (particularly, on ethical and trustworthy scientific and technological innovations and advancing continuous training). KOBAN is formed to address these recommendations by developing game-changing CP capabilities and capacities for LEAs and communities to create a safer and more secure environment.
The KOBAN approach to Community Policing emphasises the utilisation of small, decentralised police units, problem-oriented working, and high levels of participation from citizens and local partners, all while focusing on a specific theme for the target community. KOBAN recognises reactive, proactive, and co-active approaches to CP, and places particular emphasis on facilitating co-active approaches and solutions to police and community needs while ensuring local police forces are equipped with the capabilities (knowledge, skills, technologies), they need for effective intelligence gathering and incident response. CP as a concept has been widely adopted across Europe; however, this does not mean that there is currently a standardised approach to the policing strategy, as the extent and form of its implementation varies with time and place. One thing is clear however: CP, to be successful, needs to be tailored and adapted to the local needs of the area and the specific social/cultural context it takes place in, as its meanings and implementation are affected by historical and political factors, as well as local experiences impacting trust. KOBAN therefore will provide a comprehensive evidence-based capability framework for CP that can be customised by police forces and communities across Europe to fit their specific needs, perspectives, and contexts.
Our responsibilities are stretched across all main tasks of the project including the development of the KOBAN Capability Model – a comprehensive evidence-based capability framework for Community Policing structured along the 6 key dimensions of Community Policing:
that police forces and communities across Europe can customise to fit their specific needs, perspectives, and contexts. Apart from cultural factors in CP, we are also involved in developing tools and technologies used to practice CP. These will be achieved through co-creation with local police forces and communities and designed to serve the specific needs of the area for both police and citizens alike. We will also lead the deepening and analysis of CP stakeholders' capability requirements and needs in the Community Policing pilot areas and defining conditions.
Our major role focuses on preparing pilots (small KOBANs) in 6 different locations (the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Spain, Portugal and Belgium) and with the participation of CP stakeholders including citizens. During those pilots, we will be testing and validating solutions created in the project with the participation and engagement of Community Policing actors.
After each pilot, all findings will be gathered and synthesised as input to refine and fine-tune KOBAN solutions (tech and non-tech) and feedback will be utilised for subsequent pilots and involved stakeholders.
1) To strengthen community resilience towards various types of crimes, including radicalisation, guided by ethical, legal, cultural and social aspects in non-homogenous milieus and with social complexities, by identifying current and future challenges in local communities and describing capabilities needed for an efficient implementation of CP by police and non-police actors,
2) increases and creates positive, mutual and respectful digital interactions between civilians and police to increase trust and the ability to enforce the law by delivering innovative and new AI-driven, tailor-made digital communication and analyses solutions for effective future-proof community policing,
3) equips police and non-LEA community actors with a modern, modular CP training programme to work in nonhomogenous local milieus with social complexities, including balancing of majority needs while recognising expectations of minorities and/or vulnerable sub-groups, and
4) are an integral part of CP, transferable and widely used by local police actors to increase the usage of the innovative solutions defined.
Coordinator
National Police of The Netherlands (NPN), The Netherlands
Partners
Funded by
the European Union
Get in touch with us at projekty@ppbw.pl
Dołączyłem do Platformy w listopadzie 2017 roku. Przez długi czas byłem odpowiedzialny za realizację krajowych i europejskich projektów związanych z bezpieczeństwem. W związku z dynamicznym rozwojem PPBW oraz powstaniem Działu Komunikacji, zająłem się promocją i upowszechnianiem rezultatów naszych działań.
Obecnie koordynuję komunikację projektów finansowanych przez UE z obszaru bezpieczeństwa. Do moich obowiązków należy również zarządzanie kanałami online PPBW oraz wspieranie zespołu w bieżących pracach.
Posiadam szeroki zakres umiejętności, który pozwala mi realizować różnorodne zadania, takie jak tworzenie treści (teksty, zdjęcia, wideo), planowanie strategii komunikacyjnych i procesów, budowanie społeczności i relacji, a także administrowanie platformami online.
I’ve been working at PPHS since November 2017. For a long time, I was responsible for implementing both international and national security projects. As PPHS developed and the Communication Department was established, I was promoted to a role focused entirely on communication.
I currently serve as the Communication & Dissemination Manager for EU-funded security projects. My responsibilities also include managing the online channels run by PPHS and supporting the team with ongoing tasks.
I have a broad set of skills, enabling me to handle a variety of tasks such as content creation (texts, photos, videos), communication and process planning, community and relationship building, as well as managing online platforms.
