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{
    "code": "3SW9VU",
    "speakers": [
        {
            "code": "UESBA3",
            "name": "Mary Muscat",
            "biography": "Dr Mary Muscat is a full-time academic with the Faculty of  Laws at the University of Malta and trains police recruits in Criminal Law at the Academy. She also practices as a Child Advocate at the Family Court and Juvenile Court in Malta and as Legal Aid in domestic violence cases. She is currently the Research and Science Correspondent (RSC) for Malta. Prior to joining academia, she spent 13 years in the Malta Police in the rank of Inspector.",
            "avatar": "https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/media/avatars/dr_muscat_cropped_foto_XVzI5ke.jpg"
        },
        {
            "code": "ZQ9UVT",
            "name": "Natasha Janika Laudi",
            "biography": "Natasha Janika Laudi graduated with honours in Criminology and her final year dissertation focused on ‘Domestic Violence Perpetrated by Police Officers’. Presently reading for a Community Action and Development Master’s degree with the University of Malta, her curious and inquisitive nature led her to research the newly-introduced Community Policing model in Malta. Having previously been employed with the National Statistics Office, she currently serves as an Executive within the Monitoring Department in the social welfare Aġenzija Sapport,",
            "avatar": "https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/media/avatars/Janika_Bio_OeZVYmM.png"
        }
    ],
    "title": "Community Policing in Malta during Covid-19",
    "submission_type": {
        "en": "Paper Presentation"
    },
    "track": {
        "en": "Public Relation and Public Order"
    },
    "state": "confirmed",
    "abstract": "Community Policing was introduced as a pilot project in one of the coastal localities in the north of the island with a population of 11,823 in Malta in July 2019, with a view of expanding it to other localities by end 2020. The onset of Covid-19 in March 2020, with its subsequent lockdowns and prohibitions, threatened the future of this project in more ways than one, at least on paper. However, in practice, the initiative continued to thrive, to the point where Community Policing was introduced in another 11 localities around Malta by September 2020 with a view of expanding it to another 9 localities. \r\n\r\nThis paper looks at what could have made this initiative successful in spite of all the odds affecting both community and policing. The research involved 90 hours of fieldwork covering street patrol observation and unstructured interviews with the Community Police leaders and most of the officers in 12 localities over three months, This paper evaluates the main issues shaping the project on paper and in actual practice, and how the two fundamental principles behind it – community building and proactive problem solving – survived the pandemic and also managed to overcome clashes encountered with the traditional police culture of the  command and control approach at the district level.",
    "description": null,
    "duration": 20,
    "slot_count": 1,
    "do_not_record": false,
    "is_featured": false,
    "content_locale": "en",
    "slot": {
        "room": {
            "en": "Public Relations and Public Order"
        },
        "start": "2021-05-07T10:30:00+02:00",
        "end": "2021-05-07T10:50:00+02:00"
    },
    "image": null,
    "resources": []
}