Police Reform – 2009
2009
Significant progress was made towards integrating Forces nouvelles combatants into the police force and deploying them into joint integrated units. As reported to the United Nations Security Council, 3,400 Forces nouvelles personnel were integrated and deployed as police and gendarmerie elements under the Integrated Command Center.1 The 4,000 integrated Forces nouvelles combatants were deployed by the Integrated Command Centers with an equal number of police and gendarmerie from the Ivorian police force. However, it was reported that the Forces nouvelles personnel serving in the joint units did not receive their salaries while those from the Ivorian police and gendarmerie did receive salaries. 2 This completes the police reform provision of the accord.