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Law enforcement in Montenegro

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Formed
  
1831

Employees
  
5,313

Headquarters
  
Podgorica

Jurisdiction
  
Ministry of Interior Affairs (Montenegro)

Agency executive
  
Slavko Stojanović, Director

Website
  
www.mup.gov.me/upravapolicije/naslovna/

Law enforcement in Montenegro is primarily the responsibility of the Police Administration (Uprava Policije). This is a law enforcement agency that is a part of Ministry of Interior Affairs.

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Organization

Police Administration consists of 4 sectors, 2 departments and 4 other operational units, and the office of the Director of the Police Administration (Direktor Uprave Policije):

  • Sectors:
  • General Authority Police Sector
  • Criminal Police Sector
  • Border Police Sector
  • Persons and Objects Protection Sector
  • Departments:
  • Telecommunication and Electronics Department
  • Planning, Development and Analysis Department
  • Operational units:
  • Forensic Center
  • Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
  • Special Police Unit
  • Operational Communications Center

    • Territorial units

    For direct execution of law enforcement tasks on the territory of Montenegro, 8 Regional Police Units (Područne Jedinice Policije) exist:

  • Podgorica Regional Police Unit (with Police Outposts in Danilovgrad, Cetinje and Kolašin)
  • Nikšić Regional Police Unit (with Police Outposts in Plužine and Šavnik)
  • Bar Regional Police Unit (with Police Outpost in Ulcinj)
  • Herceg Novi Regional Police Unit (with Police Outposts in Kotor and Tivat)
  • Berane Regional Police Unit (with Police Outposts in Rožaje, Plav and Andrijevica)
  • Bijelo Polje Regional Police Unit (with Police Outpost in Mojkovac)
  • Pljevlja Regional Police Unit (with Police Outpost in Žabljak)
  • Budva Regional Police Unit

    • All directorates of the Police Administration report to the Ministry of Interior. The police force is controlled legally by the country's Law on Police, and the Parliament of Montenegro and the Montenegrin citizens can use this law to exert control over the police force.

    References

    Law enforcement in Montenegro Wikipedia
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