Pješčić "inflated" equipment prices?

The documents show that the capital city, that is, the state, was damaged for a large amount during the tender for the procurement of equipment for the Protection and Rescue Service while it was headed by Radomir Pješčić, several interviewees of "Vijesti" claim.

The exact extent of the damage, as the interlocutor of "Vijesti" said, should be determined by experts, and it is suspected that, among other things, it was caused during the purchase of a MAN fire engine worth 330 euros, which was found to not even have an original pump, but a much cheaper variant.

"The vehicle 'FAP', which overturned a few years ago in Kuči, was then overhauled, which cost as much as 120.000 euros. However, the specified parts were not installed on that truck, and after the work was completed, that vehicle returned to Podgorica with a 'Mercedes' label", said the interlocutor involved in the investigation.

The inspectors also tried to find two firemen's suits that were bought for five thousand euros during Pješčić's mandate.

"However, the suits are not in the warehouses, nor is it known where they are. It is also doubtful that they were paid so much, they were allegedly from a well-known manufacturer, but many claimed that they were not of high quality and that too much was allocated for them", said the interlocutor of "Vijesti".

The "Vijesti" journalist could not get a comment from Pješčić and the Capital City.

Pješčić was appointed head of the Capital City Protection and Rescue Service in June 2010.

He was in that position until the middle of 2015, when, as they claim, he became an adviser to the mayor, Slavoljub Stijepović.

During the time he was the head of the Protection Service, cameras were also installed in the premises of the firefighting complex at the Old Airport, which led 17 firefighters to file a lawsuit.

The Basic Court partially accepted the claim and ordered the Capital City to pay the firefighters 750 euros each, because they were filmed illegally in the facility of the Podgorica Protection Service for more than three years.

This is, as stated in the judgment, compensation for non-material damages, as a result of the mental pain suffered due to the violation of personal rights.

It was explained that the cameras were installed in the rest and recreation rooms, in the dressing room and in the Dispatch Center. It is said that the prosecutors heard almost identically claimed that video surveillance was placed where it should not have been.

"In the rooms where they perform personal hygiene, where they wash, bathe, often stay in intimate underwear, in the living room, where they eat, drink, rest".

Pješčić's leadership of the Protection and Rescue Service was also marked by the purchase of an expensive range rover jeep in 2011 for almost 72.000 euros. Pješčić defended the decision to purchase an expensive car by saying that they only chose the most favorable bidder in the tender according to the specification of the type of vehicle the Service needed for "all off-road actions". Mayor Stijepović took over the "range rover" towards the end of Pješčić's term as head of the fire brigade, and the capital tried several times to sell it, but without success.

50 firefighters received lawsuits due to overtime work

During Pješčić's mandate, many firefighters sued the Capital City for not calculating overtime hours.

With the lawsuits, the firefighters demanded that their overtime hours be calculated according to the law, and not as regular hours, which has been done for years.

According to the knowledge of "Vijesti", many firefighters received a lawsuit against the Capital City, and the judgments established that they should be paid more than 20.000 euros for overtime hours.

The lawsuit was filed by members of both unions, who work as part of the Protection and Rescue Service of the Capital City, that is, as "Vijesti" learns, over 50 firefighters.