Director of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of BiH Enes Karić and his deputies Đuro Knežević and Goran Amidžić received a high-ranking delegation led by Stephen Fields, Assistant Director of the International Criminal Training Assistance Program at the US Department of Justice (ICITAP) for Europe-Eurasia and Tyler E. Truby, ICITAP Law Enforcement Assistance Attaché for the Balkans.
Director Karić welcomed the guests and introduced them to the responsibilities and tasks that Directorate's officers perform on a daily basis. He also emphasized the importance of the Directorate as one of police agencies at state level and its role in the security system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also stated that the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of BiH is continuously working on building and strengthening its own capacities and has great support from ICITAP in BiH, both in terms of material and technical equipment and in the organization and implementation of training for police officers.
Assistant Director Stephen Fields emphasized that the International Criminal Training Assistance Program of the United States Department of Justice (ICITAP) has been present in BiH since 1996 and that it helps domestic law enforcement agencies to develop and improve their work. The ICITAP program is committed to implement projects of mutual interest in partnership with domestic police agencies, which includes planning, curriculum development, organization of training and seminars, equipment donation, mentoring and technical consulting.
On this occasion director Karić presented the guests with letters of appreciation and plaques for the support and selfless assistance in building the Directorate's capacities and expressed his belief that this successful cooperation will continue in the future.