Montenegrin Police (Italian Empire)
| Police Administration Uprava Policije | |
| Common name | Montenegrin Police |
| Abbreviation | U.P. |
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| Corps flag of the Police Administration | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | April 21st, 2001 |
| Employees | 5,684 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Principality of Montenegro |
| Constituting instrument | Law on Police |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Ministry of Interior |
| Headquarters | Podgorizza |
| Agents and Officers | 5,684 |
| Agency executive | Milanko Begovic, Director General of Public Security |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
| Regional Police Units | 8
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| Departments and Units | 10
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| Facilities | |
| Police Delegations | 13 |
| Airbases | Podgorizza |
Law enforcement in the Principality of Montenegro is primarily the responsibility of the Police Administration (Bosnian: Uprava Policije; Italian: Amministrazione di Polizia). This is a civilian law enforcement agency (the official status a civilian police force, with special statute, militarily organized) which constitutes the Directorate-General of Public Security (Generalni Direktorat za Javnu Bezbednost),in turn part of the Ministry of Interior Affairs. The police force, with 5,684 police officers, is legally controlled by the country's Law on Police, which make the police report also to the Italian Directorate-General of Public Security through the Directorate-General for Public Security of the Ministry of Imperial Affairs.
Central organization
The Police Administration centrally consists of 6 departments and 4 other operational units, as well as the office of the Director-General of Public Security (Generalni Direktor za Javnu Bezbednost), who is the overall chief of the Police Administration. The incumbent chief of police in Montenegro is Director Milanko Begovic.
The Departments within the Administration are tasked with nation-wide coordination of the assigned matters; crrently, six Departments exist: General Authority Police Department, Criminal Police Department, Border Police Department, Persons and Objects Protection Department, Telecommunication and Electronics Department and the Planning, Development and Analysis Department.
Operational units are tasked with immediate execution of their assigned tasks, very specialistic duties. Currently, there are five Operational units: Forensic Operational Unit, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, Special Police Unit, Antivari Port Police Unit, Lake Police Unit, Operational Communications Centre.
The Police Academy is located in Danilovgrad, and provides both basic police education, and professional and specialized training, as well as additional manpower as needed.
It is to note that the Police Administratin lacks of riot control capabilities, these being assigned exclusively to the Montenegrin Fascist militia.
Oversight
The Law on Police provides for both, internal and external control of the Police Directorate’s performance. Internal control of the Police Administration’s performance is conducted by the Discipline Office, which covers the control of the regularity of current police tasks, financial control, counter-intelligence and other controls that are vital for effective performance.
Territorial organization
For direct execution of law enforcement tasks on the territory of Montenegro, Regional Police Units (Područne Jedinice Policije) exist, each with one or more Police Delegation (Delegacija Policije), as needed. Currently, 8 Regional Police Units and 13 Police Delegations are in service:
- Podgorizza Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Danilovgrad, Cettigne and Kolašin);
- Nikšić Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Plužine and Šavnik);
- Antivari Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Dulcigno);
- Castelnuovo di Cattaro Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Cattaro and Teodo);
- Berane Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Rožaje, Plav and Andrijevica);
- Bijelo Polje Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Mojkovac);
- Pljevlja Regional Police Unit (with Police Delegation in Žabljak);
- Budua Regional Police Unit.
Each Regional Police Unit is led by a Chief Superintendent of Police, with the exception of the Budua Regional Police Unit, which is led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Rank insignia
The Montenegrin Police is led by a Brigadier General, and therefore there is no Lieutenant General; when the Italian Lieutenant General conducts his inspections and visits, he wears his Italian uniform. From a graphic point of view, the officer insignia pattern is closely modelled on the Yugoslav trend, with the five-point star instead of the eight-point star, with the stars numbers adapted to the Italian usage.
All officer rank insignia feature the Star as basic component, while subofficers use horizontal bars and enlisted troops use chevrons.
| Montenegrin Police officials' ranks and insignia | |||||||||
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| Montenegrin Police rank | Mlađeg Inspektora | Policijski Inspektor | Glavnog Inspektora | Zamjenik Nadzornika | Nadzornik Policije | Glavni Nadzornik | Generalni Direktor za Javnu Bezbednost | ||
| English translation | Junior Inspector | Police Inspector | Chief Inspector | Deputy Superintendent | Superintendent of Police | Chief Superintendent | Director-General of Public Security | ||
| Royal Police Corps rank | Sottotenente | Tenente | Capitano | Maggiore | Tenente Colonnello | Colonnello | Brigadier Generale | ||
| Civilian Officials rank (Italian) | Vice-Commissario Aggiunto | Vice-Commissario | Commissario | Commissario Capo | Vice Questore di P.S. | Questore di P.S. di II Classe | Direttore Generale della Pubblica Sicurezza Questore di P.S. di I Classe | ||
| Italian translation | Ispettore di Seconda Classe | Ispettore di Polizia | Ispettore Capo | Vice Sovrintendente | Sovrintendente di Polizia | Sovrintendente Capo | Direttore Generale della Pubblica Sicurezza | ||
| Corresponding Army rank (Italian) | Sottotenente | Tenente | Capitano | Maggiore | Tenente Colonnello | Colonnello | Generale di Brigata | ||
| Corresponding Army rank (British) | Second Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Captain | Major | Lieutenant Colonel | Colonel | Brigadier | ||
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| Montenegrin Police Subofficers ranks and insignia | |||
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| Montenegrin Police rank | Maršal, 3 razred | Maršal, 2 razred | Maršal, 1 razred |
| Royal Police Corps rank | Maresciallo di P.S. | Maresciallo Capo di P.S. | Maresciallo Maggiore di P.S. |
| Italian translation | Maresciallo di terza classe | Sottufficiale Capo | Sottufficiale di Prima Classe |
| English translation | Subofficer, 3rd Class | Subofficer, 2nd Class | Subofficer, 1st CLass |
| Corresponding Army rank (Italian) | Maresciallo | Maresciallo Capo | Maresciallo Maggiore |
| Corresponding Army rank (British) | Warrant Officer Class Two | Warrant Officer Second Class | Warrant Officer First Class |
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| Public Security military Enlisted ranks and insignia | ||||||
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| Montenegrin Police rank | Policajac | Stariji Policajac | Kaplar | Stariji Kaplar | Narednik | Stariji Narednik |
| Royal Police Corps rank | Agente | Agente Scelto | Appuntato | Appuntato Capo | Vicebrigadiere | Brigadiere |
| English translation | Police Officer | Police Officer, 1st Class | Corporal | Chief Corporal | Sergeant | Sergeant Major |
| Italian translation | Agente | Agente Scelto | Caporale | Caporale Capo | Sergente | Sergente Maggiore |
| Corresponding Army rank (Italian) | Soldato | Caporale | Caporale maggiore | Caporale Capo | Sergente | Sergente Maggiore |
| Corresponding Army rank (British) | Private | Lance Corporal | Corporal | Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Staff Sergeant (senior echelon) |
| Sleeve insignia | No insignia |  |
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