Law enforcement in Serbia

Law enforcement in Serbia is regulated by the Serbian Ministry of Interior (Serbian: "Mинистарство унутрашњих послова", "Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova"), which deals with internal security of Serbia and the apprehension of dangerous criminals. The Ministry is responsible for all areas of security and law enforcement in Serbia with the exception of Kosovo and Metohija which is regulated by the UNMIK. Admitted to the OSCE on 10 November 2000OSCE [http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=46 Serbia] profile page retrieved May 29 2007] , the General Police Directorate of the Ministry of Interior has 15 organizational units at the headquarters of the Ministry and 27 Regional Police Directorates.

Organisation

The Serbian Ministry of Interior's General Police Directorate operates five separate departments, the Department for Organization, Prevention and Community Policing, the Department for Public Peace and Order and Other Police Affairs, the Department for Special Actions, Intervention Police Formation, Defense Preparations and Reserve Preparation, the Department for Control of Legitimacy of Work and the Department for Staffing, Improvement and Police Equipping. The country is policed from 161 regular police stations, 62 border patrol stations and 49 traffic police stations. As of September 30 2006, these stations provided a total of 42,740 staff (26,527 of these uniformed officers) for a population of over 10,000,000. 80.04% of the police force were male at this time, and 19.96% were female.

Training

The police training system in Serbia underwent reform over 2006/2007. In mid-2006, Serbia had three police education institutions: Police High School in Sremska Kamenica, Police College in Zemun, Police Academy in Belgrade. Basic and specialised police training is realised in training centres. Within the Training Centre there are educational centres: Makiš, Belgrade, Kula, Klisa, Petrovo Selo, Jasenovo, Mitrovo Polje (in Goč mountain), Kuršumlijska Banja. In June 2006 the Police College and the Police Academy merged to form a new Criminal and Police Academy, and the Police High School was reformed as the Basic Police Training Centre.

External links

* [http://www.mup.sr.gov.yu/ Serbian Ministry of Interior] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.mup.sr.gov.yu/domino/mup.nsf/policija?OpenPage General Police Directorate] (in Serbian)
* [http://polis.osce.org/countries/f/46/186/Organigram%20of%20the%20Ministry%20of%20Interior.pdf Organigram of the Ministry of Interior]
* [http://www.osce.org/documents/spmu/2001/07/17633_en.pdf OSCE Study on policing in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] - by Richard Monk (2001)
* [http://www.osce.org/publications/fry/2004/01/18262_550_en.pdf OSCE Report "Police Reform in Serbia: Towards the Creation of a Modern and Accountable Police Service"] - by Mark Downes (2004)
* [http://www.osce.org/publications/fry/2005/02/18263_551_en.pdf 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)
* [http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/csrc/document-listings/balkan/06%2821%29BB.pdf Police Reform in Serbia: Five Years Later] - by Branka Bakic and Novak Gajic (2006)

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