Bosnian police

Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Policija Bosne i Hercegovine
Direkcija za koordinaciju policijskih tijela BiH
Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Policija Bosne i Hercegovine; Direkcija za koordinaciju policijskih tijela BiH
	Logo of the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Operations jurisdiction	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Governing body
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Minister responsible	Selmo Cikotić, Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Agency executive	Mirsad Vilić, Police Director;
Parent agency	FMUP BiH ; MUP RS
Facilities
Patrol Car/Vans	Volkswagen Golf, Škoda Octavia, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Caddy - Court Police, Nissan Xterra
Patrol Boats	- Border Police
Helicopters	Aérospatiale Gazelle
Website
	http://www.dkpt.ba

The Bosnian Police consists of thirteen sub-state territorial police forces and two specialist state-level police forces. The two main police bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina are governed by the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ^[2]

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.^[3]

Organisation[]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Police Ranks[]

Chiefs of Police[]

Chief Inspector General
Inspector General
Chief Inspector

Inspectors[]

Independent Inspector
Senior Inspector
Inspector
Junior Inspector

Police Officers[]

Senior Sergeant
Sergeant
Senior Police Officer
Police Officer

Skraćenice[]

PU
OKP

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

Vehicles and weapons[]

Weapons

- Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (Federation of BiH)
CZ-99
Glock 17
FN P90 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
FN SCAR-L - State Investigation and Protection Agency and Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs
Heckler & Koch G36
Heckler & Koch MP5
M4 carbine
- Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)
MP-5 - Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

Steyr AUG - Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP KS, ZDK, SBK)
Zastava M21 - State Investigation and Protection Agency
Zastava M70 - Ministry of Internal Affairs (Both RS and FBiH have those)

Vehicles

Škoda Octavia
Volkswagen Passat - DKPT and Interceptors
Volkswagen Caddy - Court Police
Nissan Xterra
Toyota Land Cruiser - Ministry of Internal Affairs KS and Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

Patrol Boats

Sinnautic 750 Patrol - Border Police

Helicopters

Aérospatiale Gazelle - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Srpska
- Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

Airplanes

- Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP FBiH)

References[]

^ "Director Mirsad Vilić of the Bosnian police joint directorate". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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

[1] "Director Mirsad Vilić of the Bosnian police joint directorate". Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[2] 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

[3] 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

[4] 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

[5] 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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