Law enforcement in Serbia

The Police of Serbia (Serbian: Полиција Србије / Policija Srbije), formally the Police of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Полиција Републике Србије / Policija Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Police (Serbian: Српска полиција / Srpska policija), is the civilian police force of Serbia. The Serbian Police is responsible for all local and national law enforcement. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The General Police Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has 15 organizational units and 27 Regional Police Directorates.^[1]

Organization

The Ministry's General Police Directorate operates five separate departments, the:

• Department for Organization, Prevention and Community Policing,
• Department for Public Peace and Order and Other Police Affairs,
• Department for Special Actions, Intervention Police Formation, Defense Preparations and Reserve Preparation,
• Department for Control of Legitimacy of Work, and
• Department for Staffing, Improvement and Police Equipping.

There are 161 local police stations across the country, 62 border patrol stations and 49 traffic police stations.^[1] As of September 30, 2006, the Serbian Police has a total of 26,527 of uniformed officers of which 6.9% are female officers.^[1]

Special units

• Žandarmerija
• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ)
• Helicopter unit

SBPOK

The Counter-Organized Crime Service (SBPOK), was a stable structure out of the police service (Public Security Sector) that reported directly to him, as the only operational police unit reporting directly at the political level. The intention was to recruit some of the best and most experienced Serbian investigators to SBPOK. They are regarded as the best anti-organized crime unit in eastern and southern Europe.

Education and training

The law enforcement education in Serbia, is provided through the Basic Police Training Centre and the Criminal and Police Academy's. Within the Training Centre there are local educational centres in: Makiš, Belgrade, Kula, Klisa, Petrovo Selo, Jasenovo, Mitrovo Polje and Kuršumlijska Banja.^[1]

Type of vehicles

Former Badge of the Serbian Police(1995-2001)

This is a list of vehicles used by Serbian Police:

• BMW F10
• Fiat Ducato
• Fiat Grande Punto
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
• Mitsubishi Outlander
• Mitsubishi RVR
• Peugeot 307
• Peugeot 308
• Peugeot Boxer
• Volkswagen Golf Mk6
• Volkswagen Polo (withdrawn)
• Volkswagen Polo Mk5
• Zastava Florida (withdrawn)
• Zastava Koral (withdrawn)
• Zastava Rival
• Zastava Skala (withdrawn)
• Dartz - 15 (Russian donation)

Rotorcraft

• Bell 206 - 8
• Bell 212 - 3
• Aérospatiale Gazelle - 10
• Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma - 1
• Sikorsky S-76 - 1

Gallery

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  Highway Police
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  Peugeot Van
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  Road Unit Police
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  Belgrade 92 Rapid Response
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  Volkswagen Border Police
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  Volkswagen Golf Mk6
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  BMW 5

See also

• Crime in Serbia
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Law enforcement in Serbia.

• Police Directorate
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Organigram of the Ministry of Interior
• OSCE Study on policing in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - by Richard Monk (2001)
• OSCE Report Police Reform in Serbia: Towards the Creation of a Modern and Accountable Police Service - by Mark Downes (2004)
• OSCE Report Policing the Economic Transition in Serbia: An assessment of the Serbian Police Service's capacities to fight economic crime - by Reto Brunhart and Novak Gajić (2005)
• Police Reform in Serbia: Five Years Later - by Branka Bakic and Novak Gajic (2006)