ASSESSMENT OF POLICE CORRUPTION IN SERBIA
ASSESSMENT OF POLICE CORRUPTION IN SERBIA

Author(s): Saša Đorđević
Contributor(s): Predrag Petrović (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Governance, Security and defense, Criminology, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Penal Policy, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: police corruption; Serbia; police integrity; internal police control; National Anti-Corruption Strategy; organized crime; police culture
Summary/Abstract: Results of public opinion polls on corruption conducted among police officers, assessment of police work, statistics on filed criminal complaints against police officers and different scandals in connection with the MoI work which occurred in 2013 indicate that there is significant corruption in the police and that this undermines the integrity of police and its officers. In addition to this, a harmonized system of internal police control, which, together with institutions of external oversight and control, should prevent the police from exceeding their competences and simultaneously ensure greater responsibility of police officers, does not work well in Serbia. Also, the implementation of strategic documents for reducing police corruption is questionable. All this together is not conducive to meeting the expectations of most citizens that the police should play the leading role in the fight against corruption in Serbia (CeSID, UNDP 2012: 25).

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