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Police Directorate of Montenegro

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Police Directorate of Montenegro
Uprava Policije Crne Gore
Emblem of the Montenegro Police
Emblem of the Montenegro Police
Badge of the Montenegro Police
Badge of the Montenegro Police
Common namePolicija Crne Gore
Agency overview
Formed1994
Preceding agency
Employees4,282
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMontenegro
Governing bodyGovernment of Montenegro
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersPodgorica, 22 Svetog Petra Cetinjskog Boulevard
Sworn members4,077
Unsworn members205
Minister responsible
  • Danilo Šaranović, Minister of Internal Affairs
Agency executive
  • Aleksandar Radović, Police Director (acting)
Facilities
Regional Police Units8
Website
www.mup.gov.me/upravapolicije

The Police Directorate of Montenegro (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Полиција Црне Горе, Latin: Uprava Policje Crne Gore) is the national police of Montenegro.

Organization

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Oversight

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Between 2012 and 2019, the Police Directorate was part of the Ministry of Interior. Since 2019, the Police Directorate has been overseen by a number of mechanisms including the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Disciplinary Commission, the Board of Ethics, the Oversight Directorate, and the Internal Police Control Department.[1]

National Units:

  • General Jurisdiction Unit
  • Criminal Investigations Unit
  • Border Police Unit
  • Protection of Facilities and Persons Unit
  • Organised Crime and Corruption Unit
  • Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Unit
  • Special Police Unit[2]
Officers and armored vehicle belonging to the Special Police Unit participating in a training exercise

Other organisational units at the level of Police Directorate:[3]

  • International Cooperation and Public Relations Department
  • Department for Analytics and the Improvement of Policing
  • Internal Audit Department
  • Forensic Centre
  • Telecommunications and Electronic Technology
  • Information Security and Data Processing Centre (i.e. IT centre)
  • Service for Human Resources, Personnel and Legal Affairs
  • Service for Financial, General and Support Affairs

Territorial Policing

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The Police Directorate is territorially organised through eight regional Security Centres, subdivided into 10 Security Departments (in mid-size municipalities) and four police stations (in smallest municipalities). Since 2008, community policing has been rolled out in Montenegro.[4]

Officers of the Police Directorate

The eight regional Security Centres are:

Resources

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Montenegro Police car

With one police officer per 141 inhabitants, Montenegro has the second highest number of police officers per capita in Europe, after Monaco.[5]

Police Headquarters building is located on 22 Svetog Petra Cetinjskog Boulevard, Podgorica. It was erected in 2010 and has 9,360 m2 (100,800 sq ft). The Police Academy is located in Danilovgrad, and provides both basic police education, and professional and specialized training. The Forensic Center is also located in Danilovgrad.

Montenegro's Civil Police Aviation Unit forms part of the Montenegro Government Aviation Unit, and purchased its first aircraft in 1972, with three more SA341 Gazelles transferred from the military air force in the 1990s.[6] Aviation unit also operates two Augusta-Bell AB412. All helicopters are based at Golubovci Airport, Podgorica.[7]

Police Directors

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  • Veselin Veljović (October 2005 – December 2011)
  • Božidar Vuksanović (December 2011 – February 2013, acting director)
  • Slavko Stojanović (February 2013 – March 2018)
  • Vesko Damjanović (March 2018 – July 2018, acting director)
  • Veselin Veljović (July 2018 – December 2020)
  • Vesko Damjanović (December 2020 – February 2021, acting director)
  • Zoran Brđanin (February 2021 – March 2023)
  • Nikola Terzić (March 2023 – December 2023, acting director)
  • Zoran Brđanin (December 2023 – March 2024)
  • Aleksandar Radović (March 2024 – present, acting director)

Ranks

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Officers

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Police Executive Police Inspectors
Montenegro Montenegro
Direktor policije Pomoćnik
direktora policije
Glavni
policijski inspektor
Viši policijski inspektor
I klase
Viši
policijski inspektor
Samostalni
policijski inspektor
Policijski inspektor
I klase
Policijski inspektor Mlađi
policijski inspektor
Police Director Deputy
Police Director
Chief
Police Inspector
Senior Police Inspector
I class
Senior
Police Inspector
Independent
Police Inspector
Police Inspector
I class
Police Inspector Junior
Police Inspector

Enlisted

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Police Sergeants Police Officers
Montenegro Montenegro
Stariji policijski narednik
I klase
Stariji
policijski narednik
Policijski narednik Stariji policajac
I klase
Stariji policajac Policajac
Senior Police Sergeant
I class
Senior
Police Sergeant
Police Sergeant Senior Police Officer
I class
Senior
Police Officer
Police Officer

Controversies

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In June 2023, the anti-torture committee of the Council of Europe urged Montenegro to investigate police brutality. Europol published a report on 23 March 2022 that included photos of police officers torturing prisoners.[8][9] The report cited various instances of alleged mistreatment of prisoners including falaka, genital torture, electrical shocks, asphyxiation as well as threats of rape and threats against the children and other family members of prisoners. In response, the Montenegrin Government has expressed willingness to follow the recommendations brought forward by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).[10][11][12]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Gajić, Novak. Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019 (PDF).
  2. ^ Gajić, Novak. Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019 (PDF).
  3. ^ Gajić, Novak. Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019 (PDF).
  4. ^ Gajić, Novak. Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019 (PDF).
  5. ^ Gajić, Novak. Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019 (PDF).
  6. ^ Aeroflight Montenegro Police profile Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on May 19, 2007
  7. ^ International Air Power Review Vol.9 p. 90-91
  8. ^ Kajosevic, Samir (22 June 2023). "CoE Report Urges Montenegro to Investigate Police Brutality". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  9. ^ Kajosevic, Samir (24 March 2023). "Montenegro Urged to Probe Photos of Police Brutality, Gang Links". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) publishes report on its 2022 ad hoc visit to Montenegro - CPT - www.coe.int". CPT. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Report". coe.int. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Response". coe.int. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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