From the absolute record holder in Europe in terms of the number of police officers, to the fear of whether there will be anyone in certain municipalities to take care of public order and peace...
There are currently 3887 police officers working in the Police Directorate, and 5377 jobs have been systematized according to the current Ordinance.
Television News from the police informed that 2023 of their officers retired in 175. That figure will be drastically higher by the end of next year.
The lack of police personnel is also confirmed by the example in which the former Minister of Police Filip Adžić refused to apply the law and suspend inspectors who are on trial for torture, because the Podgorica police for blood crimes would be left without inspectors. The union says that the lack of police personnel is most pronounced in the north.
This is because there are more retirements than new hires. The Police Administration announces that in the coming period they will try to fill vacant positions, and the procedure for accepting another generation of participants of the Police Academy in Danilovgrad is underway.
In the Trade Union, on the other hand, they propose to organize six-month or nine-month courses for admission to the police, and in this sense to amend the Law on Internal Affairs, which implies employment only after two years of schooling at the Academy.
At the first meeting with the new line minister, Danilo Saranović, he will also request that the Police Academy be under the auspices of the MUP and not the Department of Education, and he will have another initiative.
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