Community policing and social cohesion in Jordan

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Community policing and social cohesion in Jordan

Siren has been helping operationalise community policing in Jordan

Siren has been instrumental to the operationalisation of community policing in Jordan. Working with the Public Security Directorate (PSD) since 2013, our support has enabled this key security agency to become closely attuned and responsive to community needs.

Siren’s approach is built around supporting the PSD to:

Design and deliver community dialogue and joint safety campaigns, including through the provison of media support;
Create ‘safe spaces’ and venues for confidential police- community interaction;
Improve internal coordination mechanisms within the PSD;
Plan and deliver joint safety initiatives with the community.

Institutionalising a new model of community policing across the PSD

Siren-developed Community Policing (CP) curriculum integrated within the PSD’s basic training syllabus since 2018 - PSD staff trained and delivering CP courses across multiple departments, including Special Branch and Criminal Investigations Create ‘safe spaces’ and venues for confidential police- community interaction; Improve internal coordination mechanisms within the PSD; Plan and deliver joint safety initiatives with the community

Introducing community policing to refugee camps

Major security incidents recorded in Za’atari Camp fell from 100 per year, prior to the introduction of Community Police, to zero in both 2015 and 2016 Cases reported to the police in Za’atari Camp increased 393% between 2013-201

Improving online safety and access to protections services

Using insights from our ground breaking research into online bullying, harassment and blackmail in Jordan, Siren delivered programming between 2021 and 2022 that lowered the barriers for victims, particularly women and girls, to report incidents and obtain help. Our staff built the capacity of six local CBOs to raise awareness around interpersonal cybercrime, share safety messaging, and act as a bridges to protection actors and the PSD. They also developed a digital application that confidentially connects cybercrime victims with these entities.

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