| The study of post-conflict stability operations has uniformly been focused on post Cold-War individual and joint efforts by the United States, NATO, and other political organizations, often focusing on evaluations of failures or pseudo-successes in democratization. Through use of Weber's comparative method, this study analyzes two proven successes in democratization, West Germany and Japan, focusing on the police as the essential protector of the populace's democratic rights, developing lessons which may inform future peace-keeping and stability operation efforts to democratize police.;Fundamental to David Bayley's three step process of democratizing police is the development of interim civilian police forces to enforce law, prevent crime and maintain order. In development of these interim forces, this study determined occupiers should apply six fundamental processes: decentralize control, civilianize central administration, demilitarize and disarm existing forces, but rearm reconstituted forces, standardize recruitment and training, and most importantly, maintain flexibility in dealing with existing political and cultural norms. Additional lessons were developed from comparison with recent and ongoing efforts.;Key words. police, policing, World War II, Second World War, West Germany, Japan, occupation, comparative method, Weberian method, Max Weber, learning organization, democratic policing, democracy, democratizing police, stability operations. |
