MUNICIPAL POLICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
MUNICIPAL POLICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: In this paper authors analyse the place and role of law enforcement agencies called Municipal police in the Republic of Serbia. The authors also deals with historical development of Municipal police in Republic of Serbia, the reasons that made the formation of this organization inevitable, as well as with legal basis, organization and control of Municipal police. They paid special attention to the analys of public trust in the Municipal police in the Republic of Serbia and points out that Citizens of the Republic of Serbia generally have no trust in the institutions. Research conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing in November last year within the project Argus Beta news agency supported by the EU Delegation in Serbia, showed that public trust in most institutions was below 50%. In this general context, the conclusions regarding the trust of citizens in municipal police can only be drawn indirectly, due to the fact that this is a relatively new institution, not uniformly set, and, in particular, due to the lack of research. According to the evaluations of some of the surveyed executives, municipal police had no support from the citizens. The citizens were ready to assist municipal police only to the extent of the solution to their current problem, but as far as the cooperation and support of the system were concerned there was neither willingness nor interest for it. In the end, the conclusion is that citizens are gradually getting used to the presence of communal police in their cities and municipalities, although there are many unknowns related to the functioning of communal police, which should be overcome through education of both citizens and better training of communal police.

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