The Police Act of the Republic of Serbia of 2016: A critical view

Abstract

Despite the prevailing view to the contrary, the Police Act of 2016 cannot be said to be a completely new law in the material sense. The manner in which it regulates the major concepts and institutions suggests that it is an amended and supplemented version of the Police Act of2005. The actual reasons for the enactment of the 'new ' law concern the legal employment status of employees of the Ministry of Interior, as well as the reduction of the internal affairs staff. The greatest expectations from the Act are in the part relating to the police staff management, monitoring of employees ' career development, through performance assessment, professional development and other trainings. Although with nomotechnic and editorial shortages, the Police Act, basically, represents an effective legal framework for the performance of, primarily, policing and other related duties.

Premda preovladava drugačije stanovište, za Zakon o policiji iz 2016. godine se ne može reći da je, u materijalnom smislu, u potpunosti nov zakon. Način uređivanja najznačajnijih pojmova i instituta sugeriše da je reč o donekle izmenjenoj i dopunjenoj verziji Zakona o policiji iz 2005. godine. Pravi razlozi donošenja 'novog' zakona tiču se radno-pravnog položaja zaposlenih u Ministarstvu, kao i redukcije kadrova u oblasti unutrašnjih poslova. Najveća očekivanja od Zakona su u delu koji se odnosi na upravljanje kadrovima u policiji, praćenje karijernog razvoja zaposlenih, kroz ocenjivanje rezultata rada, stručno usavršavanje i druge obuke. Iako nomotehnički i redaktorski manjkav, Zakon o policiji, u osnovi, predstavlja delotvoran pravni okvir za obavljanje pre svega policijskih i sa njima povezanih drugih poslova.