More than 140 officers, according to the Rulebook on Internal Job Systematization of the Police Directorate, are planned in the Sector for the Protection of Persons and Facilities for the protection of 21 protected persons, who, according to the Government Decision, but also the Law on the President, were granted such status.
This is a record number of police officers assigned to the security of protected persons, especially considering the fact that the Police Directorate in almost all sectors, departments and units has been grappling with a serious shortage of police officers for years.
Due to confidentiality, the Police Directorate did not respond to "Vijesti" about how many officers are currently engaged in the work and tasks of securing domestic protected persons.
"Given that the number of officers assigned to these jobs and tasks is determined by individual Plans for the Security of Protected Persons, and they are designated as secret data in accordance with the Law on Data Secrecy, we are unable to provide you with an answer to a specific question related to the number of security officers assigned to these jobs, in compliance with the provisions of the aforementioned Law, as well as for reasons of the security of protected persons," the response to "Vijesti" reads.
The last on the list of protected figures is the Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property. Slaven Radunović, who after the incident in Budva, when he was on the waterfront Dejan Djurickovic threatened "that Cetinje will be forgotten if his premises are taken away", received such status.
Criminal charges were filed against Đuričković in the regular procedure for endangering security, while the National Security Agency conducted an assessment of Minister Radunović's security and proposed to the Police Directorate that he be assigned police security.
"Based on Article 10 of the Government Decision on Designating Persons, Facilities and Spaces Secured by the Police Administration, the Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property, Slaven Radunović, has been granted the status of a protected person, whose security is provided by police officers of the Police Administration - the Sector for Securing Persons and Facilities," the Police Administration confirmed.
They explained that Article 10, paragraph 1 of the Decision on the Determination of Persons, Objects and Spaces to be Secured by the Police Administration stipulates that: "The Government may, at the proposal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, determine that other persons, objects and spaces be secured if this is indicated by a security assessment of the level of threat, as well as other data and information within the jurisdiction of the police"...
The police stated in their response that the security assessment of the level of threat is classified information, and that it was marked with the appropriate level of secrecy by the National Security Agency, in accordance with the Law on Data Secrecy.
"Given the above, we are unable to make the content of this assessment available to the public," it says in a response to "Vijesti".
Due to the confidentiality of the data, they did not respond to the number of police officers assigned to Radunović's personal security, but explained that this number is determined by individual security plans for protected persons, which are drawn up based on Article 12, paragraph 3 of the Decision on the Designation of Persons, Objects and Spaces.
"The plans are also made in accordance with Article 5 of the Instructions on the content of measures and degrees of protection of persons, objects and spaces provided by the Police Administration, and they are designated as secret data in accordance with the Law on Data Secrecy. In this regard, respecting the provisions of the aforementioned Law, as well as for reasons of the safety of protected persons, standards of security culture, or professional rules and work methodology, we are not able to provide you with an answer to the specific question relating to the number of security officers engaged in the tasks and tasks of securing the protected person, the Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property."
The police, in accordance with Article 3 of the Government Decision, provide security for 12 protected persons: the President of the State Jakov Milatović, premiere Milojko Spajić, President of the Assembly Andrija Mandić, Deputy Prime Minister Aleks Bečić, Minister of Justice Bojan Božović, Minister of Internal Affairs Danilo Saranovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ervin Ibrahimović, the supreme state prosecutor Milorad Marković, the chief special prosecutor Vladimir Novović, President of the Supreme Court Valentina Pavličić and acting directors of UP Lazar Šćepanović i ANB-a Ivica Janović.
Pursuant to Article 6 of the Decision, which stipulates that when the persons referred to in Article 3 of the Decision cease to hold office, security protection shall be extended for three months from the date of cessation of office if security reasons so require, based on an assessment of the level of threat to the National Security Agency.
Under this article, the police are protecting two former officials.
According to Article 10 of the Decision, the police provide security for as many as six protected persons, who were granted such status based on a negative security assessment by the ANB, and among them are two journalists.
Former president of the country Milo Djukanovic is protected pursuant to Article 18 of the Law on the President.
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