1992 - The Countdown Continues

• NCJ Number: 124507
• Journal: Police Journal Volume: 63 Issue: 1 Dated: (January-March, 1990) Pages: 13-21
• Author(s): P G Van Hecke
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: This paper was presented at a Cross Channel Conference held in 1989 at the Essex Police Headquarters by police officers from France, Belgium, and Holland.

Annotation

In 1992, the "single" European market will require the cooperation and coordination of the police forces of the constituent countries to combat successfully the anticipated criminal threat.

Abstract

The European Community will press forward with new technology and become a simpler and more effective way of getting things done. It will stimulate economic activity through the development of a Common Market. In order for the police to cope with the new working conditions and respond to even more virulent criminality, there should be identical criminal legislation, an internationally recognized classification of infractions of the law, and an international data bank guaranteeing uniformity of measures taken. The European Community, in spite of differences and indifferences, is being built and in the end its principal aim of safeguarding a free and secure society must be accomplished. (Author abstract modified)