Call for support by law enforcement agents for harm reduction and HIV prevention

Please find below the Statement of Support by Law Enforcement Agents for Harm Reduction and Related Policies for HIV Prevention as finalised at the Inaugural Meeting of the International Police Advisory Group of the Law Enforcement and HIV Network in Melbourne on 9 November 2012. The statement is available in English and Russian, also attached.

This Statement will be launched at a relevant meeting next year - at the moment, we are seeking funding to launch the Statement at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna in late April 2013. We will also investigate the possibility of other launches at appropriate venues.

Before the launch, the Law Enforcement and HIV Network needs to get as many signatories as possible for the Statement - of police and other law enforcement officers, both serving and retired.

All any police officer needs to do to sign up to the Statement is to forward their name and rank - and affiliation (police or other law enforcement agency), but only if they want to - to Nicole Turner, the Co-ordinator of LEAHN.

Join the Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN).

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