ICITAP works with foreign governments to develop professional and transparent law enforcement institutions that protect human rights, combat corruption, and reduce the threat of transnational crime and terrorism. ICITAP supports both national security and foreign policy objectives.
ICITAP works in close partnership with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. These agencies fund ICITAP's programs.
ICITAP possesses a comprehensive range of public safety development expertise:
Organizational Development
Transnational Crime
Criminal Investigations
Public Integrity and Anticorruption
Specialized and Tactical Skills
Forensics
Basic Police Skills
Academy and Instructor Development
Community Policing
Corrections
Marine and Border Security
Information Systems
Criminal Justice Coordination
ICITAP programs are designed in partnership with the host countries, and program implementation methods include on-the-ground, pre-program assessments; program planning, management, and review; curriculum development; classroom training, seminars, and workshops; internships; equipment donations; donor coordination; and on-the-job training and mentoring provided by embedded long-term advisors.
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IN THE NEWS
Attorney General Recognizes ICITAP
ICITAP’s highly successful law enforcement capacity-building programs recognized as “some of the most important work” the Justice Department does. (Statement of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 9, 2008.)
International Organized Crime Strategy
Training and assisting foreign law enforcement counterparts to combat transnational crime is an important part of the Justice Department’s new international organized crime strategy. (Remarks of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on International Organized Crime at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 23, 2008.)
Genocide and the Rule of Law
ICITAP's technical assistance and training helped criminal justice professionals in Serbia and Croatia investigate and prosecute war crimes. (Testimony of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Sigal P. Mandelker before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Human Rights and the Law, February 5, 2007.)
Police, Corrections Training in Iraq ICITAP has played a leading role in launching the police training mission, rebuilding the national corrections system, and training anticorruption investigators in Iraq. (Testimony of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce C. Swartz before the House Committee on Armed Services, October 16, 2007.)
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