Patrol police officers who are undergoing professional development on the basis of the department of organization of professional development and specialization of the Institute of Postgraduate Education and Distance Learning of DSUIA took part in the event.
The event was organized by the department of administrative law and process and the department of tactical and special training of DSUIA within the framework of mastering the discipline “Algorithm of actions of patrol police officers in various situations of official activity (scenarios)”.
The speakers were the program coordinator on issues of gender-based violence, and the coordinator of the Dnipro sector of the public organization “MARTIN-club” Kateryna Radionova, the psychologist of the mobile brigade of social-psychological assistance Violetta Kurylenko and the case manager Marharyta Fomina.
The meeting was conducted with the aim of increasing the legal awareness of law enforcement officers and developing ways of interaction, for the exchange of experience, the development of unified approaches to work, as well as the coordination of actions when receiving assistance.
The specialists explained that the public organization has 26 years of experience in helping children and women. The geography of work includes Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. The specialists of the organization counteract domestic and gender-based violence, open places of social, psychological support, create social enterprises and implement cultural projects. Since 2014, representatives of the organization have been responding to humanitarian challenges, and since 2024 they have intensified the direction of involving and empowering youth.
Mobile brigades and specialists of the public organization “MARTIN-club” closely cooperate with police officers during calls related to crisis situations in the family, providing psychosocial and legal support to victims.
During the meeting, those present actively joined the discussions, took informational materials, shared their own stories of responding to domestic violence. Many emphasized: silence only deepens tragedies, while openness and support become the first step to change.
The participants of the meeting came to the conclusion about the necessity of broad informing of the population of communities about the problem of violence, as well as about the rights and opportunities for victims to receive assistance.
Also, representatives of the public organization “MARTIN-club” emphasized that in the case of detection by the police of cases requiring long-term social, legal or psychological support, or the need for a safe shelter, law enforcement officers interact with the resources and the hotline of the organization.
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