A unique project aimed at creating meaningful engagement between communities and policing was launched by Junior Minister Gerry Kelly on the 29th October 2009

Communities and Policing in Transition Programme (CAPT), is a cross-community and cross-border project which will target interface and disadvantaged areas in Belfast and Derry City Council areas, as well as the Tyrone and Donegal border region.

It will develop joint action plans and strategies, agreed between communities and the police, to address the changing nature of violence and crime, including sectarian and racist hate crime.

Speaking at the launch in Parliament Buildings, Junior Minister Gerry Kelly said: “The Communities and Policing in Transition project aims to make a real difference to people’s lives in meaningful and sustainable ways. “This is a unique and innovate community-driven programme targeting rural, urban and cross border areas tackling issues such as perceptions of policing, sectarianism, racism, domestic violence and the implications of a devolved criminal justice system.

Intercomm Ireland who is the lead partner along with Tyrone Donegal Partnership, PSNI, Garda Siochana, INCORE and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions deliver the CAPT Programme.

Tyrone Donegal Partnership Board & Intercomm Ireland attend the CAPT Programme launch day at Stormont Building with Kamala Lakhdhir, American Consulate General as the guest speaker.