Supt Joe McAllister Royal Canadian Mounted Police Senior Police Advisor ISAF International Joint...

Supt Joe McAllisterRoyal Canadian Mounted Police

• Senior Police Advisor ISAF International Joint Command, Kabul Oct 2012 - present

• Deputy Police Commander - Kabul June 2010 to June 2011

• Contingent Commander - Afghanistan Kandahar Nov 2007 to March 2009

• United Nations East Timor 2002• United Nations Kosovo 2001• 32 years

Federal/Municipal/International Policing

War by powerpoint

Why are we here?

Afghan Police

Remote locations Perspective

Structure of the ANPAfghan

Uniform (Civilian) Police

AUP

•Focus on the core functions of policing•Prevent and detect crime, assure public safety•Includes Traffic Police and Fire Department

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Afghan Naitonal Civil Order Police (Gendarmerie)

ANCOP

•lead police organization in COIN in close cooperation with ANA and ABP•maintain and restore civil order•Requires 6th grade literacy

Afghan Border Police

ABP

•Safeguard national boundaries against external aggressions.•Control the entry and exit at borders and international airports. •Deter and counter insurgency and criminal activities within the Border Security Zone.

Anti-Crime PoliceAACP

•Counter terrorism•Counter narcotics•Police Intelligence•Criminal Investigation•Major Crimes Task Force•Police Special Operation Units•Forensics

Public Protection

ForceAPPF

•Protects key infrastructure and personnel •Replaces private security companies•Does not have a policing mandate

Administration/Regional Logistics Centers/Medical/Training Base

Afghan Local Police

•Recruited by village elders to protect villages from insurgency

National Policing Systems

• Comparing Afghanistan Ministry of Interior to a number of similar countries

• Germany• Australia• Netherlands• Italy• Canada• Jordan• India• Turkey

International CoordinationJCMB

(Joint Coordinating and Monitoring Board)

•This body is made up of international donors •Its purpose is to coordinate and monitor progress in implementing the Afghan Compact

IPCB(International Police Coordination Board)

•This body is made up of key international donors and multi-lateral organisation contributing to police reform in Afghanistan•Its purpose is to coordinate the international community’s efforts in police reform in consultation with the Afghan Ministry of Interior

MOI(Ministry of

Interior)

USCSTC – A

NATONATO Training

Mission (NTM-A)ISAF Joint

Command (IJC)

EUPOL(European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan)

Bilateral Support

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Where Is Police Where Is Police Mentoring Needed?Mentoring Needed?

6 Regions34 Provinces365 Districts

Local policing functionsunder a national (MoI)command structure.Security considerations require some combat capability.

Provincial Justice Centers

EUPOL CPJP

KabulBamyan

NimrozHelmand Kandahar

Herat

Farah

Badghis

Faryab

Jowzjan

Sar-e-Pol

Ghor

Uruzgan

Daykondi

Zabul

Balkh

SamanganBaghlan

Takhar

Badakhshan

Paktika

Khowst

Kunar

Ghazni

Nangarhar

Nuristan

Wardak

Kunduz

Parwan

Paktia

Laghman

UNODC CN Program

police-justice training installations and projects map

Supreme Court Justice Centers

Forensic labs

Stage

Major training installations in Kabul (ANPA, CTC, Staff College)

Regional Training Centers

Regional satellite sites

Long term training installations out of NTM-A’s scope

www.IPCBafghanistan.com

IPCB Mandate

• Dubai Conference 2006• Main coordination body for

institutional and police reform within wider rule of law context

• Direct, prioritize and coordinate the international police reform effort

Direct

Coordinate

Prioritize

IPCB Members12 Nations + 8 Organizations

AFG MoI EUPOL EU ISAF NATO SCR NTM-A UNAMA

UNDP/LOTFA AUSTRALIA CANADA DENMARK FRANCE GERMANY ITALY

JAPAN The NETHERLANDS

NORWAY UK US TURKEY

Secretariat

IPCB Structure

Governance Standing Committee

Socio-EconomicStanding Committee

Minister of Interior chairs

19 IC members + MoIMinister of Defence &

UNAMA co-chairApprox. 30 IC members

Minister of Finance & UNAMA

co-chair

Decision Making Process

IPCB Standing Security

Committee

Joint Coordination & Monitoring

Board (JCMB)

IPCB Secretariat

• To guide, facilitate and coordinate the activities of the IPCB and its associated bodies

• Permanent body of civilian & police personnel• Provides recommendations to, and receives

direction from, IPCB• Facilitates meetings and working groups• Manages Police Reform Database• Provides specialist input to key MoI/ANP

documents & initiatives

Police Reform Database

• Operational since Jan 2011

• Administrated by IPCB Sec

• Web-based tool to share unclassified information

• Prevents duplication of efforts and avoids gaps

• Preserves institutional memory

• Provides overview of international contributions to police trainings, projects, and overall police reform

Police Reform Database

NATO Command and Control

ISAF

NTMA

Ministry of

InteriorEUPOL

GPPT

UN

Strategic Level approach to Policing Strategy with a focus on Professionalism

Bilaterals

IPCB Working Groups

IC supportedPolicing Strategy

MoI Lead IPCB

Coordinated

Strategic PrioritiesIdentified by stakeholders

Collated by IJC

Ongoing WG activity reported to MoI in Oct 2012

IJC Shura RC, IC, NTMA,

ANPOutcomes from RC Shura

feeds process

IJC and IPCB synchronize the multi-agency ANP Developmental Plan and submits through IPCB Board

to MoI for final approval

AUPDevelopmenta

lPlan

A synchronized Plan is developed by all

contributors November 2012 to February 2013

ready for launch in Afghan New year

IJC Policing Strategy

Each contributing agency develops

their own action plan which feeds the IPCB process

GPPT

NROLFSM/345

StrategicPriorities

approvedby MoI

IJC Strategy nested in COMIJC priorities

IJC

IJC Planning – Current Position

• Unified Implementation Plan – Overarching plan which underpins other plans to the end of 2014. How changing role/relationship of ANSF/Coalition will develop.

• Annual Plan – Cross Ministerial Plan for ANSF – 1392 now in place. Framework for 1393 plan will commence July/August.

• Seasonal Orders – Autumn/Winter Plans will be written in coming months and could include elements of 2 year plan.

• 3 – 5 Year Campaign Plan – At present in conceptual stage, but could provide link to MOI 2 year plan.

Security Force Assistance

Security Force Assistance (SFA)

• October 2011 - ISAF Revised Campaign Plan.

• Movement from ISAF COIN to Afghan Advise and Assist Mission.

• Transition of lead security to the Afghans.

• The Goal of SFA is Afghan Self Sufficiency.

Security Force Assistance Advisory Teams(SFA ATs)

• Deployed to theatre by contributing nations SFA AT symposium identified four distinct methods of delivery;

– US Army– US Marines– NATO– UK

• Work with Afghans to transition them into lead

– Military Adviser Teams (MATs)– Police Adviser Teams (PATs) – AUP/ANCOP/ABP– OCC Adviser Teams (OCCATs)

Security Force Assistance Adviser Teams(SFA AT’s) – AUP Adviser Teams

• Initial requirement for 466 SFA ATs

• January 2013 - 400 in theatre – 164 were PAT’s

• Thinning up now commencing – (CUAT and RDL)

Feb – Jun 2013 – Reduces to 54 AUP Adviser teams

Jul – Dec 2013 – Reduces to 36 AUP Adviser teams

Jan – Jun 2014 – Reduces to 19 AUP Adviser teams

• Pre deployment training up to 6 months prior

(Does not include ABP or ANCOP AT’s)

Mentoring AfghansLearn the languageBuild the relationship slowlyUnderstand where they come fromDon’t make it all about workTwo ears one mouthShare your ideas but ask for theirs firstWho else is mentoring and what are their prioritiesFind the history of whyBeware the bobble head and Afghan promisesAfghan timeYour mission is not theirsLearning mechanismsCapacity development vrs capacity replacement.

Fishing in Afghanistan

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day

Teach a man to fish, feed him for life

Western vs Afghan ideas of Institutions

• National versus Local

• State versus family and tribe

• Family, tribe, society, nation

Mentoring at MOI HQ

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Afghanistan National Police – End StateA respected and professional Police Force, whose members are proud and

dedicated to service to the Afghan nation and its people, and whose leaders have the courage to champion change.

EDUCATION

RESPECT and RECOGNITION

FINANCIAL SECURITY

MEDICAL

CHALLENGING CAREER

Questions?