The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske or MUP RH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.
a. ^ Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011.[3]
Role
The Ministry of the Interior deals with administrative and other tasks related to the following:[4]
policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of crime;
tracing and capturing of perpetrators of criminal offences and their bringing before the competent authorities;
maintaining of public order and the protection of particular persons, citizens, facilities and premises;
conducting of technical crime investigations and expert analysis;
The Ministry is also responsible for the following: keeping the records and statistics concerning the internal affairs, the internal affairs information system and the education and training of the Ministry's officers.
Organization
Minister's Cabinet (Kabinet ministra)
General Police Directorate (Ravnateljstvo policije)
Material and Financial Affairs Directorate (Uprava za materijalno financijske poslove)
Directorate for Development, Equipment and Support (Uprava za razvoj, opremanje i potporu)
Legal Affairs and Human Resources Directorate (Uprava za pravne poslove i ljudske potencijale)
Administrative and Inspection Affairs Directorate (Uprava za upravne i inspekcijske poslove)
European Integration and International Affairs Directorate (Uprava za europske integracije i međunarodne odnose)
Special Security Affairs Directorate (Uprava za posebne poslove sigurnosti)
The General Police Directorate is in charge of the national police. There are twenty geographical commands,[5] and the national body is organised as follows:[6]
Police Directorate
Public Order Department
Command of Intervention Police
Department for Road Traffic Safety
Bomb Disposal Department
Criminal Police Directorate
General Crime Department
Anti-terrorism and War Crime Department
Organised Crime Department
Economic Crime and Corruption Department
Drugs Department
Special Criminal Investigations Department
Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department
Protection Unit
International Police Co-operation Department
Border Police Directorate
Neighbouring Countries Department
State Border Protection Department
Maritime and Airport Police Department
Illegal Migration Department
Centre for Training of Dog Handlers and Dog Dressure
Reception Centre for Foreigners
Mobile Unit for Static Border Control
The following units exists at the same level:
Operational Police Communication Centre
Forensic Centre
Police Academy
References
^Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN9789538034039 "...(on day 19. February 2015)."
^"Archived copy"(PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Archived copy"(PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)