Police functions and powers to take administrative actions

Abstract

In this paper, police is seen as a state administration body that performs statutory tasks which are primarily related to security of the state and its citizens. As a government authority, police has all those features that are also inherent to other state administration bodies. However, police has its own specific features. Through consistent enforcement of laws and other regulations, police accomplishes the goal of its activities, which is the security of the state and its citizens. To achieve this goal, the police must be authorized to perform administrative actions, which inevitably interfere with individual freedoms and rights. Police powers to perform such administrative actions are necessary for every democratic society. The efforts of society should be put into creating an atmosphere of rule of law for police work and performing its administrative actions, that is, country in which the rule of law is truly respected.

Policija je u ovom radu posmatrana kao organ državne uprave koji obavlja zakonom utvrđene poslove a koji se prvenstveno odnose na bezbednost države i njenih građana. Kao organ državne uprave policija ima sva obeležja svojstvena i drugim organima državne uprave. Međutim, policija ima i neka obeležja koja su svojstvena samo za nju. Doslednim izvršavanjem zakona i drugih propisa policija ostvaruje cilj vršenja svoje delatnosti a to je bezbednost države i svih njenih građana. Da bi ostvarila taj cilj, policija mora biti ovlašćena da vrši upravne radnje koje neizbežno zadiru i u individualne slobode i prava. Ovlašćenja policije da vrši takve upravne radnje neophodna su svakom demokratskom društvu. Napori društva treba da idu u pravcu da se za rad policije i vršenje njenih upravnih radnji stvori ambijent pravne države, odnosno države u kojoj se istinski poštuje načelo vladavine prava.