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In 1994 Project Harmony led the first delegation of American police officers to Russia. This historic exchange led to closer ties between American and Russian law enforcement agencies at all levels, but especially between local and municipal agencies in New England and in Northwest Russia. The first exchange was unprecedented because it brought police officers from different countries and style of law enforcement together to participate in open dialogue and discussion. American police donated bicycles for a bicycle patrol, participated in joint patrolling and crime scene investigations, while living in host families with Russian police officers.
Since this first exchange, Project Harmony has institutionalized a Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP) between the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs and American state and local police departments. The LEEP exchange received grant funding from the US Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) in 1996 and 1997.
| Law Enforcement Exchange Programs |
| May 1994, US delegation travels to Petrozavodsk. 27 participants/ 2 week program |
| October 1994, Russian delegation travels to US. 29 participants/ 2 week program |
| May 1995, US delegation travels to Odessa. 28 participants / 2 week program |
| October 1995, Ukrainian delegation travels to US. 26 participants / 2 week program |
| May 1996, US delegation travels to Oryol. 22 participants / 2 week program |
| October 1996, Russian delegation travels to USA. 22 participants / 2 week program |
| May 1997, US delegation travels to Lviv. 25 participants / 2 week program |
| September 1997, Ukrainian delegation travels to US. 25 participants / 2 week program |
| April 1998, US delegation travels to Volgograd, Russia. 29 participants / 2 week program |
| September 1998, Russian delegation to US. 29 participants / 2 week program |
| April 1999, US delegation travels to Uzhgorod, Ukraine. 14 participants / 2 week program |
| August 1999, Ukrainian delegation travels to US. 19 participants / 2 week program |
| May 2000, US delegation travels to Irkutsk, Russia. 13 participants / 2 week program |
| September 2000, Irkutsk delegation to United States 15 participants / 2 week program |
| Criminal Justice School Partnership Exchange Programs |
| August 1997, Ukrainian cadets from Lviv Institute of Internal Affairs to Michigan State University/School of Criminal Justice, 13 participants / 2 week program |
| October 1997, Ukrainian cadets from Odessa Institute of Internal Affairs to School of Criminal Justice at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, MA. 14 participants / 2 week program |
| May/June 1998, American delegation from Michigan State University/School of Criminal Justice to Lviv, Odessa and Kiev, Ukraine. A six credit MSU/SCJS course, In Search of a New Democracy, 12 participants/one month program |
| November 1998, Russian cadets from Volgograd Law Institute to University of South Carolina/College of Criminal Justice in Columbia, SC. 12 participants / 2 week program |
| January/February 1999, Ukrainian cadets from Lviv Institute of Internal Affairs to Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, 12 participants / 2 week program |
| May 1999, American delegation from University of South Carolina/College of Criminal Justice to Volgograd Law Institute in Volgograd, Russia. 11 participants / 2 week program |
| May/June 1999, American delegation from Michigan State University/School of Criminal Justice to Lviv, Odessa and Kiev, Ukraine. A six credit MSU/SCJS course, In Search of a New Democracy, 15 participants / one month program |
| January/February 2000, Ukrainian cadets from Lviv Institute of Internal Affairs to Michigan State University College of Social Science, 12 participants / 2 week program |
| March 2000, Russian cadets from Volgograd Law Institute to University of South Carolina College of Criminal Justice, 12 participants / 2 week program |
| May 2000, American delegation from Michigan State University College of Social Science to Lviv, Odesa, Crimea, and Kyiv, Ukraine. A six-credit MSU/CSS course "In Search of a New Democracy". 12 participants / one month |
| May 2000 American delegation from University of South Carolina College of Criminal Justice to Volgograd, Russia. 10 participants / 2 week program |
| Fellowship Program ~ October 15-December 15, 1997 |
| Sergei Hilko, Petrozavodsk Police Dept. to Fitchburg, MA PD/Sgt. Greg Sango, mentor |
| Sergei Markin, Petrozavodsk Okhrana to New Orleans, LA PD/Sgt. Barry Fletcher, mentor |
| Alexander Gogotov, Oryol Police Dept to Youngstown, OH PD, Lt. Tom DeGenova, mentor |
| Konstantin Solovyov, Director of Criminalistic Laboratory, Law Enforcement College in Chelyabinsk to Nye County Sheriff's Office, Pahrump, Nevada, Deputy Sheriff Shane Hancock, mentor |
| Alexander Berladin, Professor of Criminal Law, Odessa Institute of Internal Affairs to Lowell, MA PD, Chief Jim Rowe, mentor |
| Tatyana Lazarenko, Odessa PD to Newport News, VA PD, Lt. Linda Swope, mentor |
| Vadim Dembitsky, Deputy Chief of Lviv Police Headquarters to Leominster, MA PD, Officer Tom McDermott, mentor |
| Yuri Kovalenko, Deputy Chief of Tax Police in Lviv to Nye County Sheriff's Dept., Beatty, NV, Deputy Sheriff Richard Marshall, mentor |
| Fellowship Program ~ October 16-December 15, 1998 |
| Andrey Nikolaevitch Antonov, Criminalistics Officer, Volgograd, Russia to Nye County Sheriff's Office, Pahrump, Nevada, Officer, Shane Hancock, mentor |
| Oleg Anatolioiovich Bespalko, Officer, Lviv, Ukraine to MSU/School of Criminal Justice, Lansing Police Dept., Lansing, MI, Sergeant Craig Baylis, mentor |
| Yuriy Vasilievitch Bogomolov, Senior Specialist, Moscow, Russia, to Phoenix Police Dept., Phoenix, AZ, Special Agent, Vince Leone, mentor |
| Alexander Olegovytch Gevel, Officer, Odessa, Ukraine to , Nye County Sheriff's Office, Pahrump, NV, Officer Jack Hennigan, mentor |
| Alexei Aleksandrovitch Gloukhodedov, Officer, Moscow, Russia to Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Lexington, SC, Sergeant Scott Prill, mentor |
| Andrei Petrovich Kotsubinski, Police Expert, Petrozavodsk, Russia to Middlebury Police Dept., Middlebury, VT, Chief Tom Hanley, mentor |
| Vladimir Konstantinovitch Lyubarsky, Detective, Petrozavodsk, Russia to NYC PD & S. Portland, ME PD, Detective David Kellner (NYC) and Detective Linda Barker (ME) mentors |
| Volodymyr Mikolajovich Melnyk, Investigator, Rivne, Ukraine to MSU/School of Criminal Justice, Lansing Police Dept., Lansing, MI, Sergeant Craig Baylis, mentor |
| Varvara Anatoliyvna Potabenko, Law Student, Lviv, Ukraine to CA Dept. of Justice, San Diego, CA, Agent, John Horton, mentor |
| Kirill Alexandrovich Skoropad, Officer, Odessa, Ukraine to New Orleans Police Dept., New Orleans, LA, Sgt. Barry Fletcher, mentor |
| Dmytro Sergeyevich Tonkonogoy, Officer, Odessa, Ukraine to New Orleans Police Dept., New Orleans, LA, Sgt. Barry Fletcher, mentor |
| Yuri Zhigalov, Officer, Odessa, Ukraine to Laingsburg Police Dept., Laingsburg, MI, Captain Dennis Shaw, mentor |
| Fellowship Program ~ November 1-November 30, 1999 |
| Maxim Tuzov, Criminal Lawyer, Moscow, Russia to Laingsburg Police Dept., Laingsburg, MI, Captain Dennis Shaw, mentor |
| Dmitry Igorevich Levitsky, Police Officer, MVD of Karelian Republic, Petrozavodsk, Russia to Laconia Police Dept., NH, Chief Bill Baker mentor |
| Alexander Sarakutsa, Deputy Chief of Odesa Police Dept. Odesa, Ukraine to Tyngsoboro, Police Dept., MA, Sgt./Prosecutor Richard Burrows mentor |
| Dan Chekmaryov, Cadet, Odesa Institute of Internal Affairs, Odesa, Ukraine to Nye County Sheriff's Dept., Beatty, NV, Deputy Sheriff Richard Marshall, mentor |
| Valery Melnikov, Inspector for Regional Dept. of Internal Affairs, Volgograd, Russia to Vicksburg Police Dept., MS, Sergeant Douglas Arp, mentor |
| Andriy Milyuchenko, Detective, Dept. of Combating Organized Crime, Uzhgorod, Ukraine to Middlebury Police Dept., Middlebury, VT, Chief Tom Hanley, mentor |
| Natalya Zayts, PG Student at the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine to Youngstown Police Dept.,Ohio, Deputy Sheriff Tom DeGenova, mentor
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| Volodymyr Rydvan, Chief of Internal Police Relations at MVD, Kyiv, Ukraine to US Marshall's Office, Canyon, TX, Deputy US Marshall, Jeffrey Popejoy, mentor. |
| Professional Development Workshops |
| June 1996, Chief Robert Cudak, Westminster, MA PD, Community Policing / 1 week program |
| October 1996, Ron Allen, Worcester, MA and Joe Clingan, Fort Collins, CO PD, to Petrozavodsk, Russia. Drug Detector Dog Training / 2 week program |
| June 1997, Bonnie Toothaker, Professor of Criminal Justice, Mount Wachusetts Community College, Gardner, MA, to Oryol, Russia. Overview of the American Criminal Justice System / 2 week program |
| September 1997, Tom Woods and Don Lane, Denton, TX PD, to Petrozavodsk, Russia. Community Policing and DARE / 2 week program |
| September 1997, Ron Allen of SECON Corp., Worcester, MA and Ed Griffin of Punta Gorda, FL PD, Drug Detector Dog Training. 2 week program in Kiev, Zhitomir, Nikolyev & Odessa, Ukraine |
| March 1998, Walt Zalisko, Jersey City, NJ PD, Pat Zalisko, State of New Jersy, Office of the Public Guardian and Detective/Sgt. John Draganchuk of the Lansing Township PD to Lviv, Ukraine to present trainings on Crime Scene Investigation Techniques, Stolen Vehicle Investigation and Sexual Abuse Investigations / 2 week program |
| April 1999, Police Officer Gerard Moccia, Medford, MA PD to Chernigiv, Ukraine to present trainings on Crime Prevention, Community Policing and Public Safety / 2 week program |
| Faculty Fellowship Program in US |
| November, 1998, Igor Rostovshikov, Chief of Human Rights Department, Volgograd Law Institute, Volgograd, Russia traveled to University of South Carolina/College of Criminal Justice in Columbia, SC. 2 week program |
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