Detective Training in Countries Undergoing Transition – the Examples of Poland and Ukraine .......... 83

This chapter analyses the training of police detectives as an aspect of the security sys-tems reform in transitional states. The author argues that such systems of training are crucial aspects of police reform in countries trying to replace a dictatorship or quasi-mafia system with democratic structures. The traditional system of detective train-ing, which the author finds ineffective and expensive, is analyzed and contrasted with a more modern approach. A discussion of the modern approach to detective training is followed by a description of some of the practical exercises used by trainers active at the international level.