What Benefits Will the Association Agreement Bring to the Police?
Automatically translated summary. The full text is available in Romanian.
Budgetstories.md has launched a new infographic, “The Transformation of the Police after the Signing of the Association Agreement”. It assesses the public’s perception of the country’s main law-enforcement body in Moldova and the potential benefits of the Agreement for the Police’s work.
Fewer than 40% of citizens trust the police, while the local police officer enjoys 60% trust against a European average of 70%. Confidence that an offender will be caught and tried is 40%, against 65% in the EU. Shortages of vehicles, video monitoring and testing equipment push the average reaction time to 1 hour 30 minutes, against 30 minutes in the EU.
The Association Agreement provides almost EUR 90 million in 2014-2017, plus technical assistance, budget support, training and international partnerships. In Croatia and Bulgaria, recorded crime fell by 3-5% annually before accession; in Romania it rose, probably owing to more reporting. In Moldova, 164 donated cars for 37 police sectors cut the reaction time from 1.5 hours to 30 minutes, and computers and printers were donated. The infographic was funded by a US State Department grant.
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