Romania’s Local Police. Current Issues and Future Directions
Romania’s Local Police. Current Issues and Future Directions

Author(s): Oana Matilda Sabie
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Public Administration
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: local police; public service; management; decentralization
Summary/Abstract: The paper’s objective is a survey on current academic and policy debates on local police, current issues of local police in Romania, and the implications of the various national initiatives on its development during the economic transition and financial crisis (budgetary constraints). The methodology used in this paper comprise studies of published materials (articles, strategies, raports, policies, research studies, laws), which provide theoretical and practical research on local police in Romania and its development. The themes discussed ranged from: the definition of a public service, to local police in different countries, current issues for Romania’s local police, a brief analysis on local police, different steps and measures that should be taken for improving its activity and quality. The value of this study is that it fills a gap in the literature regarding various information on Romanian local police.

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