Law
enforcement in Serbia is regulated by the Serbian Ministry of Internal
Affairs (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. The Ministry'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. |
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.
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