Bosnian police

The Bosnian Police consists of thirteen sub-state territorial police forces and two specialist state-level police forces. The two main police bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina are governed by the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [2]

Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Policija Bosne i Hercegovine
Direkcija za koordinaciju policijskih tijela BiH
Logo of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agency overview
Formed1992
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyBosnia and Herzegovina
Operations jurisdictionBosnia and Herzegovina
Governing bodyDirectorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersSarajevo
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Mirsad Vilić[1], Police Director
Parent agencyFMUP BiH
MUP RS
Facilities
Patrol Car/VansVolkswagen Golf, Škoda Octavia, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Caddy - Court Police, Nissan Xterra
Patrol BoatsSinnautic 750 Patrol - Border Police
HelicoptersAérospatiale Gazelle
Website
http://www.dkpt.ba

Each of the two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska has their own police force. In the latter, this is a central force covering the whole entity. In the former a specialist force covering specific crimes and those crimes that cross internal, Cantonal, borders.[3]

Organisation

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are ten Cantonal police forces, each under a Cantonal Ministry of the Interior. The District of Brčko, in Northeast Bosnia, also has its own police force.[3]

At the level of the central state, Bosnia and Herzegovina also has a police agency focused on Counter Terrorism, Organised Crime and crime crossing international borders, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), and a State Border Service. Although agreement was reached on unifying the police forces, much like the armies were unified, it has yet to be realised.[3]

Police Ranks

Chiefs of Police
  • Chief Inspector General
  • Inspector General
  • Chief Inspector

Inspectors
  • Independent Inspector
  • Senior Inspector
  • Inspector
  • Junior Inspector

Police Officers
  • Senior Sergeant
  • Sergeant
  • Senior Police Officer
  • Police Officer

Skraćenice
  • PU
  • OKP

Police Insignia


Chiefs of Police
Glavni Generalni Inspektor DGS-a Generalni Inspektor DGS-a Glavni Inspektor


Inspectors
Samostalni Inspektor Visi Inspektor Inspektor Mladi Inspektor


Police Officers
Stariji Narednik Narednik Stariji Policajac Policajac

Vehicles and weapons

Weapons

  • Alfa AC-SMG9 - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (Federation of BiH)
  • CZ-99
  • Glock 17
  • FN P90 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
  • FN SCAR-L - State Investigation and Protection Agency and Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs
  • Heckler & Koch G36
  • Heckler & Koch MP5
  • M4 carbine
  • H&K-416 - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)
  • MP-5 - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)
  • Steyr AUG - Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP KS, ZDK, SBK)
  • Zastava M21 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
  • Zastava M70 - Ministry of Internal Affairs (Both RS and FBiH have those)

Vehicles

Patrol Boats

  • Sinnautic 750 Patrol - Border Police

Helicopters

  • Aérospatiale Gazelle - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Srpska
  • Bell 206 & 206B - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

Airplanes

  • U-75 Utva - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

See also

References
  1. "Director Mirsad Vilić of the Bosnian police joint directorate". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. Aitchison, Andy (1 December 2007). "Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: State, Democracy and International Assistance". Policing and Society. 17 (4): 321–343. doi:10.1080/10439460701717908. ISSN 1043-9463. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. Aitchison, Andy (15 February 2016). "Bosnia's EU Candidacy Cannot be Sustained by Minimal Internal Compromises" (PDF). European Futures. Edinburgh. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via Edinburgh Research Explorer.
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