Community policing between the strategy and the basic police training in Serbia

Abstract

After the Community policing strategy (hereinafter the Strategy) was adopted, as well as the Activity plan for the Strategy implementation for 2015 and 2016, thus providing basic guidelines significant for community policing, the question arises as to what extent the Professional training program for trainees of basic police training (hereinafter Program) is compatible with the stated documents. On the other hand, there is the question as to what extent basic police training is included in the adopted Strategy, and therefore in the Action plan for its implementation. This paper analyses and gives answers to these questions. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the paper encompasses four other parts: Strategy of community policing, police education, Community policing in Basic Police Training Centre's Program (hereinafter BPTC) and relation of the Strategy and BPTC' Program.