Bosnian Police


Bosnian Police
Active 1996–present
Country Bosnia
Type Police Force
Role Domestic Law Enforcement
Size Classified
Part of Government
Garrison/HQ Sarajevo HQ
Colors Yellow & Blue

The Bosnian Police consists of thirteen sub-state territorial police forces and two specialist state-level police forces.[1] 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. 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. 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.[2]

Police Ranks

Chiefs of Police

Inspectors

Police Officers

Skraćenice

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

References

  1. Aitchison, A. (2007) Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: State, Democracy and International Assistance. Policing and Society 17(4): 321-343. DOI: 10.1080/10439460701717908
  2. Aitchison, A. (2016) Bosnia's EU Candidacy Cannot be Sustained by Minimal Internal Compromises. European Futures. URL http://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/article-2826
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