The Podgorica police officers did not explain to the priests and citizens detained today why they were being invited for an informational interview, nor what criminal offense they were investigating.
"A certain number of citizens were not served with a summons, nor, despite their insistence, were they informed of the reason for the summons, which denied them the legal right to know the reason for the summons," said the Council for Civil Control of Police Work.
President and member of that Council, Aleksandar Saša Zeković and lawyer Zoran Čelebić, today, after learning that a number of citizens, including lawyers, church dignitaries and priests, were called or brought to the official premises of the police in order to collect information, checked the actions of the police in that case .
They announced that the head of the Security Department of the Police in CB Podgorica, Darko Knežević, informed them about the circumstances of the events in the church in the settlement of Zlatica and in the Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection in Podgorica, and that he informed them that notifications from citizens had been collected, as well as other information that the police had access to. came during the undertaken activities submitted to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica for evaluation and opinion.
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"The council also considered the application of police powers towards the citizens of MM and NB, a lawyer from Podgorica. While considering the application of police powers, the Council assessed that the police officers, due to a number of objective and subjective circumstances, acted inadequately", the Council announced.
They explained that the recognized circumstances primarily refer to the disposition of legal norms contained in the relevant orders of the Ministry of Health:
"Which, in this case, do not accurately determine the factual situations that must exist in order to apply the legal norm, i.e. the application of police powers. The dilemmas registered by the daily actions of police officers and the lives of citizens should be removed and clearer directions of required and recommended behavior should be given In addition to this circumstance, it can be reasonably assumed that the communication between police officers, in terms of mutual reporting and issuance of orders, also contributed to the aforementioned assessment of the Council as well as the specifics of the actions and behavior of police officers and citizens in the circumstances of the epidemic. The Council, after a long period, again recognized the negative practice of summoning citizens for the collection of information without specifying the reason for the summons," said the Council.
"Attorney NB was only offered to serve him a summons upon leaving the premises of the CB, which he refused. The Council called on the elders of the CB Podgorica to ensure that police officers use personal protective equipment in every situation and consistently apply Article 259, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Procedure Law in order to prevent any further and serious violation of rights"
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