Elements of public security

Abstract

Public Security regarded as a system comprises its surroundings (cause and effect relations with other systems, etc), function (aims, jobs, tasks, etc) and structures (people, means, their interconnectedness, etc). This means that public security can be understood as a state (from the aspect of surroundings), a set of very different jobs performed to the same effect (from the point of view of function), or as an organization in its narrow meaning (from the structural point of view). On an even lower level of the general aspect, among the elements of public security that are mutually conditioning and dependable we can include the following: aims, personnel material and technical means, internal structure, and legal status. This paper is dedicated to identifying main distinguishing features (immanent qualities) of each of the mentioned public security elements and their interconnectedness, to a certain degree.

Javna bezbednost u sistemskom smislu obuhvata njeno okruženje (uzročnoposledične relacije sa drugim sistemima itd), funkciju (ciljeve poslove, zadatke itd) i strukture (ljude, sredstva, njihovu međusobnu povezanost itd). To znači da se javna bezbednost može shvatati kao stanje (sa aspekta okruženja), skup najrazličitijih poslova koji se obavljaju s istim ciljem. (sa aspekta funkcije), odnosno kao organizacija u užem smislu (sa aspekta strukture). Na još nižem nivou opštosti, u elemente javne bezbednosti koji se nalaze u odnosu međusobne uslovljenosti i zavisnosti ubrajamo: ciljeve, kadrove, materijalno-tehnička sredstva, unutrašnju strukturu, kao i pravni status. Ovaj rad je posvećen identifikaciji osnovnih obeležja (imanentnih svojstava) svakog od navedenih elemenata javne bezbednosti, donekle i njihove međusobne povezanosti.