The General Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Interior, Republic of Moldova, have released new guidelines for police in HIV prevention.
Available here: Methodological Guidelines for Police Intervention to Prevent and Control HIV Infection Among Most-At-Risk Populations 2015
The guidelines specify responsibilities for police at all levels and include obligations to protect rights of at-risk groups as well as occupational health and safety for police officers.
The documents may be a useful guide to other law enforcement agencies.
Excerpt:
O R D E R No. 54 27 March 2015 Chisinau
On the approval of Methodological Guidelines for Police Intervention to Prevent and Control HIV Infection Among Most-At-Risk Populations
With a view to implementing the provisions of the Law No. 23-XV of 16 February 2007 on Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS, the National Anti-Drug Strategy for 2011-2018, approved by Government Decision No. 1208 of 27.12.2010, Law no. 320 of 27.12.2012 on the Activity of Police and the Status of Police Worker, as well as the provisions of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections for 2014-2015, approved by Government Decision No. 806 of 06.10.2104, as well as the Amsterdam Declaration on Police Partnerships for Harm Reduction, approved at the 2nd International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, held in Amsterdam on 04.10.2014
I ORDER:
To approve the Methodological Guidelines for Police Intervention to Prevent and Control HIV Infection Among Most-At-Risk Populations.
- The heads of subdivisions of the General Police Inspectorate shall arrange for:
a) review and enforcement of this order during the fulfillment of duties by their subordinates;
b) training of employees on search procedures and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis actions in case of accident by exposure to blood or other body fluids posing a risk of HIV transmission;
c) equipping the subdivision staff with the required number of sets for personal protection against infection with HIV or other blood-borne diseases during searches (Annex no. 2);
d) appointment of persons in charge for keeping and using sets for personal protection against infection with HIV or other blood-borne diseases during searches (heads of police departments, services and wards). The persons in charge will make inventories of non-consumable materials from such sets and shall provide additional consumables).
- This order is brought to the notice of relevant subdivisions of the General Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Deputy Head,
Police Colonel Gheorghe CAVCALIUC
