Montenegrin Police (Italian Empire)

Police Administration Uprava Policije
Corps flag of the Police Administration
Common name	Montenegrin Police
Abbreviation	U.P.
Agency overview
Formed	April 21st, 2001
Employees	5,684
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Principality of Montenegro
Operations jurisdiction	Principality of Montenegro
Constituting instrument	Law on Police
General nature	Local civilian police
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 Podgorizza Nikšić Antivari Castelnuovo di Cattaro Berane Bijelo Polje Pljevlja Budua
Departments and Units	10 General Authority Police Department Criminal Police Department Border Police Department Persons and Objects Protection Department Telecommunication and Electronics Department Planning, Development and Analysis Department Forensic Operational Unit Special Anti-Terrorist Unit Special Police Unit Operational Communications Centre
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
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
Shoulder board insignia

Montenegrin Police Subofficers ranks and insignia
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
Shoulder board insignia

Public Security military Enlisted ranks and insignia
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
Shoulder board insignia

See also

• Albanian Gendarmerie (Italian Empire)
• Chief of Police of the Kingdom of Italy
• Eritrean Gendarmerie (Italian Empire)
• Ethiopian Gendarmerie (Italian Empire)
• Law enforcement in the Italian Empire
• Somali Gendarmerie (Italian Empire)