LEAHN Consultations
Together with each International LEPH Conference, LEAHN convenes a two-day pre-conference Consultation, bringing together police, CSOs and NGOs, government and multilateral agencies, researchers and advocates. These Consultations address key current issues and produce useful outputs and products, as determined by wide consultation with stakeholders before the meeting.
Every effort is made to support LEAHN CFPs to the Consultation and Conference; special training, networking and site visits are routinely arranged.
Advocacy materials
- Statement of Support for Harm Reduction by Law Enforcement Officers (Sign it here)
- LEAHN Principles on policing public health and vulnerable populations (Output from the Amsterdam Consultation 2016)
- List of key supporters of the LEAHN Statement of Support for Harm Reduction by Law Enforcement Agents (2012-present)
- To Protect and Serve: How police, sex workers, and people who use drugs are joining forces to improve health and human rights. Open Society Foundations 2014
- Video of LEAHN Country Focal Points supporting harm reduction – HIV and harm reduction: policing key populations 2014
- Rio de Janeiro Declaration 2011
- Implementation of the Methodical Instruction on the Intervention of Police in Preventing HIV Infection in High Risk Groups
Key LEAHN presentations
- LEAHN: Growing police support for HIV prevention, 13th UN Crime Congress, Doha, 2015, (LEAHN Director, Professor Nick Crofts)
- Vietnamese Delegation Presentation 2010; Vietnamese police embark on a study tour of Melbourne to learn more about harm reduction and the role of police in public health (Dr Nick Thomson)
- Arresting HIV Police and Civil Society Partnerships – Presentation April 2012, Cambodia (Dr Nick Thomson)
Training materials, policies and guidelines
- New publication of ‘Guidelines for police working with Drug Consumption Rooms’ from LEAHN Consultation, Toronto 2018
- National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF) The role of police in preventing and minimising illicit drug use and its harms 2004
Supervised Injecting Facilities & Drug Consumption Rooms: Overview of international literature, Uniting Medically Supervised Injection Centre, Kings Cross, August 2017 - Methodological Guidelines for Police Intervention to Prevent and Control HIV Infection Among Most-At-Risk Populations, Republic of Moldova 2015
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Training manual for law enforcement officials on HIV service provision for people who inject drugs 2014
- Police Sensitisation Training Manual: A Guide for South African Police Service (SAPS) Officers to the Rights of Sex workers and the LGBTI Community 2014. (Including Trainers Guide)
- UNAIDS: Guidance for joint UN teams on engaging uniformed services in AIDS responses in Asia Pacific 2013
- WHO: Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations 2014
- PSI Standard Operating Procedures to Improve Community-Level Collaboration with Law Enforcement 2012
- North Carolina Law Enforcement Guide to Needlestick Prevention and Public Safety
- The California Department of Public Health has some useful resources for law enforcement on needle stick injuries and Needle and Syringe Programs. Click here to download some material
- Excellent training package from Harm Reduction Coalition USA – includes interviews with police, power point presentations, curriculum
- DCAM Law Enforcement Training Guide (Australia)
- DCAM Law Enforcement Guidance (Australia)
- Needle exchange programs & policing – working together
- Guidelines for addressing police concerns about harm reduction
- Police policies and practices supporting harm reduction
- HR awareness training in Afghanistan
- http://lawsandpolicies.unaids.org/
Dissertations on policing, HIV and harm reduction approaches
- Between care and order Street-level workers, discretion and drug policies in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). By Rafaela de Quadros Rigoni 2015
- Harm reduction and law enforcement in Vietnam: influences on street policing. By Melissa Jardine 2013
- Exploring discourses and actions of ‘othering’ homosexual citizens by officers of the Zambia Police service in Lusaka, Zambia. By Sefuka Pierre 2013
- Policing and public health: experiences of people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand. By Kanna Hayashi 2013