Survey of attitudes of students of the academy of criminalistic and police studies towards private policing

Abstract

Due to the constant perfection of the sources and forms of threats on the one hand, and incompetence of the state to protect all potential objects of attack on the other hand, danger to life and property of the citizens has increased multiple times. As one of the solutions for the discord between the level of protection that individuals need and the level of protection that the state offers, the so-called 'private policing' emerges, manifested in private security and private detective work. However, activities of private subjects in the field for which the police was traditionally responsible opens the door of great controversy, and determination of nature of relations between the public and private policing becomes one of the most current subjects of research in police and security studies. In this paper, we will present the results of a survey of attitudes of students of the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies towards private policing, nature of its relation to the police and possibilities for cooperation of these two sectors.

Zbog konstantnog usavršavanja izvora i oblika ugrožavanja sa jedne, i nemogućnosti države da zaštiti sve potencijalne objekte napada sa druge strane, opasnost po život i imovinu građana se višestruko uvećala. Kao jedno od rešenja nesklada između nivoa zaštite koja je pojedincima potrebna u odnosu na onaj nivo koji nudi država, pojavljuje se tzv. 'privatno policijsko delovanje' oličeno u sprovođenju privatnog obezbeđenja i privatne istražiteljske (detektivske) delatnosti. Ipak, delovanje privatnih subjekata u oblastima za koje je tradicionalno bila nadležna policija otvara vrata velike polemike, a utvrđivanje prirode odnosa između javnog i privatnog policijskog delovanja postaje jedna od najaktuelnijih tema za istraživanje u sklopu policijsko-bezbednosnih nauka. U ovom radu predstavićemo rezultate ispitivanja stavova studenata Kriminalističko-policijske akademije o privatnom policijskom delovanju prirodi odnosa sa policijom i mogućnostima saradnje u postupanju ova dva sektora.