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Legal Aspects of Authority, Control and Monitoring of Private Security Officers in Serbia
Legal Aspects of Authority, Control and Monitoring of Private Security Officers in Serbia

Author(s): Dejan Labović
Subject(s): Law on Economics
Published by: Fakultet za poslovne studije i pravo
Keywords: private security; power; control; security guard

Summary/Abstract: In parallel with the process of transition, which is accompanied by new investments in order Notwithstanding legitimate, and capital from the black market, private security in Serbia has developed as a result of the inability of the state to fully optimize each subject provide some level of security. The Republic of Serbia is among the last countries of South-East Europe legislated private security sector and thus the private security as one of its components, adoption of the Law on Private Security in late 2013, with full implementation was postponed to January 01, 2017. The aim of the rule is regulative solving current problems and dilemmas and introduce legality, inter alia, in the management, authorization, control and supervision of private security operators, and thus employed in private security. Legal regulation of private security is of special interest for general security and the development of society as a whole, given that water logging-contracting private security services are a result of the fact that public bodies cannot be the sole provider of security services, claimed by citizens and business organizations. The subject of this paper is to analyze the legal powers of private security, as well as the control of the same, with the aim of giving overriding answer whether private security entities have responsibilities, authority to provide the necessary level of safety of service users, particularly in a situation where private security operators take part assignments who had previously belonged solely to government services.

  • Issue Year: 6/2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 115-125
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English