The European Union Police Mission (EUPM) and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) will continue a series of public meetings being held throughout BiH on police restructuring. This weeks events will be held in Bihac, Prijedor and Prnjavor. The purpose of these meetings is to present the Police Restructuring Commission's (PRC) proposal to citizens, police, civil society representatives, and other interested stakeholders, and to open a broad dialogue on the ongoing process of police reform.

Police restructuring will:

• make it harder for criminals to operate and easier for the police to catch them.
• give police officers better access to modern crime fighting technology.
• increase the salaries of police officers and improve their working conditions.
• allow for significant savings in administration; money that can be spent on schools and hospitals.

This weeks meetings will be held in the

• Bihac Assembly Hall at18:00 on 16 March,
• in the City Theater in Prijedor at 18:00 on 17 March, and at the
• Dom Kulture in Prnjavor at 18:00 on 18 March.

The meetings will deconstruct the myths linked to police restructuring. Police restructuring is not about abolishing the entities, or the Entity Ministry of Interiors - it's solely about creating an professional police service, accountable to the citizens and effective in fighting crime.

Each public meeting will focus on answering questions from members of the public.