Osnutak i razvoj službe unutrašnjih poslova srpskih autonomnih oblasti u Hrvatskoj 1991.
Organization And Development Of The Internal Affairs Services Of The Serb Autonomous Regions In Croatia During 1991

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the foundation and development of the internal af-fairs services of the Serb autonomous regions that were established in Croatia in late 1990 and during 1991. In late 1991 these regions united into new Republic of Serb Krajina. The Secretary of Internal Affairs of Serb Autonomous Region Kra-jina was established in Knin in January 1991 and it included police stations in municipalities mostly inhabited by ethnic Serbs in central regions of Croatia (northern Dalmatia, Lika, Kordun and Banija regions). After creating their own police organization Serb leadership in Knin declared that orders by Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs are null and void on the territory of their autonomous region. During summer and autumn of 1991 Serb autonomous regions in western and eastern Slavonia also created their own police structures. First armed clashed between Croatian police and Krajina Serbs occurred during first half of 1991. After Croatian declaration of independence in late June 1991 armed conflicts in-tensified as Krajina forces and Yugoslav People’s Army took control over areas that were to stay under Serb control and within the rump Yugoslav state. For these reasons during second half of 1991 Krajina Serbs’ police forces, special units as well as regular policemen, were often used as military forces, although Krajina Serbs also had its territorial defense units.

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