José Humberto Posada Sánchez
Legal Adviser to the Office of General Management, National Police of El Salvador
Focus: Accountable Policing
Keywords: U.N. policies, business improvement districts, community policing, complaint collection / whistleblowing, Demilitarization, disciplinary system, donor relations, integration and amalgamation, internal management, Promotion Systems, promotion systems, rank restructuring, recruitment, reform sequencing, training curriculum
Interviewer(s): Flor Hunt
Country of Reform: El Salvador
Location: El Salvador
Date: Wed Jul 2 2008
Abstract
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At the time of this interview, José Humberto Posada Sánchez was the legal adviser to the Office of General Management of the National Police of El Salvador (Policía Nacional Civil). This post involved providing legal counsel, writing legislation and implementing national legislation into the internal policy of the national police. He previously served as a member of Congress, ambassador to Guatemala, member of the Central American Parliament and adviser to the vice minister of citizen security after the Sub-Department for Citizen Security was created in 2002. He also worked on the Ley Orgánica de la Polícia Nacional Civil of 2002, national legislation that sought to strengthen the police force.
