Employees of the Police Oversight Agency, today, participated in a training related to the Transitional and Periodic Evaluation process, developed by the International Monitoring Operation (ONM), with the support of the ICITAP program.
The General Director of AMP, Mr. Florian Sulejmani, during this meeting, among other things, thanked the representatives of ONM and ICITAP for the continuous support in the inspection, investigative, complaint handling, polygraph, transitory assessment processes and periodic, etc.
ONM's International Observer from the United States Department of Justice, Steven Kessler, together with representatives of ONM, shared with the members of the AMP assessment bodies, several years of experience gained from the vetting process of prosecutors and judges.
This meeting was attended by the Senior Advisor for Police Accountability from the ICITAP Program at the US Embassy in Tirana, Richard Deasy and the Advisor for Police Accountability from the ICITAP Program, Mr. Rick Bates, who appreciated the very high level of professionalism that the employees of AMP have performed during vetting sessions.
Also, during this meeting it was discussed about the challenges encountered in the development of the vetting process, such as the possible concealment of wealth by the subjects, the image control investigation, the transparency of the process, accountability during the investigation, etc.
This training comes as an added value of continuous cooperation with international partners, in order to further increase the professional capacities of the agency.