Report on the Security Situation in the Czech Republic in 1999
(in comparison with 1998)

3.2.3. Prevention
The following will be prepared for discussion by the Government: “1999 Report on Implementing Tasks from Crime Prevention Strategy up to the year 2000”, “Crime Prevention Strategy in years 2001 - 2003”, “Proposal of set of organisation, social-preventative, health, security and administration measurers for a solution to problems connected with prostitution”, “Proposal for the National Plan to combat the commercial sexual abuse of children”, and “The Action Plan draft to fight crowd violence”.
Further priorities include:
inter-ministerial level:88)
- to form a middle-term conception of the Crime Prevention Strategy for the years 2000 - 2003,
- to direct the crime prevention at the local level within the Comprehensive Programme focused on children and youth crime (testing and nation-wide expansion of the Prompt Intervention Centres project) and on crimes committed in connection with drug addiction,
inter-departmental level:
- to evaluate inter-departmental programme focused on crime and drug addiction prevention,
- to emphasise formulation of systematic policeman training in terms of prevention and human rights and implementation of the philosophy known as “Community policing” - “Partnership for Security”. (This philosophy is based on highlighting the citizens'role in ensuring their safety and on co-operation between the police and citizens and it stresses democratisation and decentralisation of police work). To implement a training project focused on drug addiction prevention for the police departments D. A. R. E and a training project for risk groups focused on legal conscience - Street Law,
- to focus mass media policy on extremism, trade in women (close co-operation with the UN and the International Migration Organisation) and on presentation of successful crime prevention projects,
- to direct preventative activities towards domestic and international co-operation to ensure smooth course of EURO 2000 (the European Football Championship) and towards crowd violence prevention during the International Monetary Fund meeting in Prague
- to concentrate to crime prevention related to motor vehicles and their safety,
- to continue establishing and professional performing of the Czech police Public Relation Groups
- to prepare a proposal for Ministry of Interior inter-departmental programme of crime and drug addiction prevention for years 2001 - 2003.
3. Internal Security Policy
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