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Assessments may also be conducted on particular issues. For example, a unit may require an
assessment of the host-state policing capabilities in a small city and gather information such as the
number of police, their organization, training, special capabilities (such as investigators, forensics,
and children and gender specialists), status of equipment such as vehicles and radios, and adequacy
of such administrative and logistical systems as pay, schools, maintenance, and supplies.
Information from the military force will inform integrated assessments at higher political levels,
and assessments will often be accomplished in conjunction with the host state, other international
actors, or nonmilitary components of the mission.
M ONITORING
This includes a continuous tracking of the situational variables discussed in this chapter, and
is supported by such measures as unit reports, coordination with other actors, key leader
engagement, liaison officer reports, intelligence activities, polls and surveys, and a wide variety of
other information sources. Monitoring focuses particularly on pre-determined CCIR, intelligence
requirements, and indicators.
E VALUATING
Evaluation judges progress towards desired outcomes and determines why the current level of
progress exists. It is frequently accomplished by developing measures of effectiveness (MOEs) to
answer the question “Are the desired r