The Slovene Police - Policija

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The administration of the
People’s Militia took care of
organisational and operational
work, as well as responsibility
for the company of the Railway
People’s Militia.
The position of the operational
services, militias and crime
investigation services, were
reinforced during the following
years since all internal affairs
bodies also had to have a crime
repression service and a militia.
The Decree not only brought
about the organisational
changes, but also changes in the scope of work, as local offices were established
that had the same purpose and importance as today’s police offices. Besides the
general militia stations, specialist militia stations also existed. Militia stations for
road traffic were established in Ljubljana, Kranj and Novo mesto; stations for the
railway militia, the People’s Militia music band and the protection squad were also
established in Ljubljana.
The next milestone came in 1967. Initially the federal authorities of the Yugoslav
federation were responsible for the internal affairs authorities, however, during the
second half of the seventies new laws progressively transferred responsibilities
related to the militia and crime investigation
service, back to the republics. In 1967 Slovenia
had its first Internal Affairs law passed, which
brought the internal affairs authorities back
under its authority. The internal affairs
secretariats were transformed into public safety
administrations. Then the Federal Secretariat of
Internal Affairs in Belgrade could only decide on
the use of coercion, uniforms and insignias of
functions, armaments, etc.; however, in 1972
even these functions became the responsibility
of the Slovene Republic. Only the State Security
Administration still remained under federal
jurisdiction.
The militia stations were responsible for public
safety in their communities and they were part
of one of the eight newly formed public safety
administrations (previously: the secretariats of
internal affairs): in Celje, Koper, Kranj, Ljubljana,
Maribor, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica and Novo