Bosnian police
Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina Policija Bosne i Hercegovine Direkcija za koordinaciju policijskih tijela BiH | |
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Logo of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina Logo of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1992 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Operations jurisdiction | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Governing body | Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Sarajevo |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | FMUP BIH MUP RS |
Facilities | |
Patrol Car/Vans | Volkswagen Golf , Škoda Octavia , Volkswagen Transporter , Volkswagen Passat , Volkswagen Caddy - Court Police , Nissan Xterra |
Patrol Boats | sinnautic 750 Patrol - Border Police |
Helicopters | Aérospatiale Gazelle |
Website | |
http://www.dkpt.ba |
The Bosnian Police consists of thirteen sub-state territorial police forces and two specialist state-level police forces. The two main police bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina are governed by the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [2]
Each of the two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska has their own police force. In the latter, this is a central force covering the whole entity. In the former a specialist force covering specific crimes and those crimes that cross internal, Cantonal, borders.[3]
Organisation
In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are ten Cantonal police forces, each under a Cantonal Ministry of the Interior. The District of Brčko, in Northeast Bosnia, also has its own police force.[4]
At the level of the central state, Bosnia and Herzegovina also has a police agency focused on Counter Terrorism, Organised Crime and crime crossing international borders, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), and a State Border Service. Although agreement was reached on unifying the police forces, much like the armies were unified, it has yet to be realised.[5]
Police Ranks
Chiefs of Police
- Chief Inspector General
- Inspector General
- Chief Inspector
Inspectors
- Independent Inspector
- Senior Inspector
- Inspector
- Junior Inspector
Police Officers
- Senior Sergeant
- Sergeant
- Senior Police Officer
- Police Officer
Skraćenice
- PU
- OKP
Police Insignia
Chiefs of Police | ||||||
Glavni Generalni Inspektor DGS-a | Generalni Inspektor DGS-a | Glavni Inspektor |
Inspectors | |||||||
Samostalni Inspektor | Visi Inspektor | Inspektor | Mladi Inspektor |
Police Officers | |||
Stariji Narednik | Narednik | Stariji Policajac | Policajac |
Vehicles and weapons
Weapons
- Alfa AC-SMG9
- CZ-99
- Glock 17
- FN P90 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
- FN SCAR - State Investigation and Protection Agency
- Heckler & Koch G36
- Heckler & Koch MP5
- M4 carbine
- Steyr AUG
- Zastava M21 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
- Zastava M70
Vehicles
- Volkswagen Golf
- Škoda Octavia
- Volkswagen Transporter
- Volkswagen Passat
- Volkswagen Caddy - Court Police
- Nissan Xterra
Patrol Boats
- Sinnautic 750 Patrol - Border Police
Helicopters
See also
References
- ^ "Director Mirsad Vilić of the Bosnian police joint directorate". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Aitchison, A. (2007) Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: State, Democracy and International Assistance. Policing and Society 17(4): 321-343. DOI: 10.1080/10439460701717908
- ^ Aitchison, A. (2016) Bosnia's EU Candidacy Cannot be Sustained by Minimal Internal Compromises. European Futures. URL http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-2826
- ^ Aitchison, A. (2016) Bosnia's EU Candidacy Cannot be Sustained by Minimal Internal Compromises. European Futures. URL http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-2826
- ^ Aitchison, A. (2016) Bosnia's EU Candidacy Cannot be Sustained by Minimal Internal Compromises. European Futures. URL http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-2826