Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)

Ministry of Internal Affairs Mинистарство Унутрашњих Послова Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova
Common name	Ministry of Interior
Abbreviation	MUP
Badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Agency overview
Formed	2001
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Serbia
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Belgrade
Elected officer responsible	Ivica Dačić
Departments	5 Organization, Prevention and Community Policing Public Peace and Order and Other Police Affairs Special Actions, Intervention Police Formation, Defense Preparations and Reserve Preparation Control of Legitimacy of Work Staffing, Improvement and Police Equipping
Website
www.mup.gov.rs

Badge of Serbian police

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbian: Mинистарство Унутрашњих Послова or Ministarstvo Unutrašnjih Poslova) is a governmental agency responsible for local and national law enforcement services in Serbia. It has numerous municipal and district branches throughout the country. Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief. The ministry is also responsible for issuing of passports and personal identification to citizens.

Organization

Minister of Internal Affairs

• Ministers cabinet:
  • Bureau for strategic planning
  • Bureau for international cooperation and European integration
  • Bureau for complaints and representations
  • Bureau for cooperation with the media
• Service of internal control
• Secretary of state
• Secretariat:
  • Department for normative-legal and general legal affairs
    • Department of normative-legal affairs
    • Department of general-legal affairs
  • Department of housing
• Directorate of police:
  • Crime investigation police department
  • Police department
  • Department for Security
  • Unit for protections
  • Traffic police department
  • Border police department
  • Department for administrative affairs
  • Operations center
  • Department for analytics
  • Department of information technology
  • Department of connection and cryptography
  • Coordination department for Kosovo and Metohija
  • Regional police departments
• Finance, human resources and Joint Affairs Sector:
  • Department of human resources
  • Department for joint affairs
  • Department for nutrition & accommodations
  • Department for professional education training, development and science
• Internal police control sector
• Sector for search and rescue

Serbian Police Peugeot Boxer 330.

Serbian Police BMW 5.

A Serbian Police Peugeot 308.

Special units

• Žandarmerija
• Special Anti-terrorist Unit
• Counter-terrorist Unit
• Helicopter unit

Vehicles

• Fiat Ducato III
• Fiat Grande Punto
• Peugeot 307
• Peugeot 308 2011 Facelift
• Volkswagen Golf Mk6
• BMW 5 Series
• Peugeot Boxer
• Volkswagen Crafter
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
• Volkswagen Polo Mk5
• Skoda Yeti

Škoda Yeti of Serbian Police

Rotorcraft

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

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.^{[clarification needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Law enforcement in Serbia

References

External links

• Official website