The Slovene Police - Policija

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The Office of the Director General of the Police
This Office is of great assistance to the Director General of the
Police and to his deputy, so that they can perform their tasks
effectively and efficiently, since it takes care of all the issues related
to their functions and competencies. Besides this, the Office also
plans and co-ordinates work in the most important system projects
and assists and advises the management of the Police in finding the
solutions in various cases. It regulates the relations and co-operation
of the Police with the Ministry, especially with the Bureau for
guidance and supervision of the Police, with other administrative
bodies and with the public. It is also responsible for the
harmonisation of work with Police Directorates. It must ensure
expert assistance and it participates directly with the preparation of
legal and secondary acts from its field of work.
Among its tasks, is also the implementation of professional, legal tasks for the
Police, the preparation of training tasks in its field of work and their
implementation. Public relations also fall under its domain. This is a planned,
directed and co-ordinated communication with media, internal and external public;
this is taken care of by the public relations representative of the Police, together
with his collaborators. For an effective internal communication it publishes the
newspaper Varnost (“Safety”), through which it informs
its readers monthly of all the important novelties and
events within the Police. The condition for good
communication with the public is a constant analysis
of relations with the public, the reports in the media
and the public opinion. In compliance with its financial
possibilities the Office also takes care of promotional
activities and participates in preventive actions.
The office is composed of four divisions, each with its
own competencies and tasks, that are: the supervision
division, the division for complaints, internal security
and assistance to policemen, the division for system
analysis and the international cooperation division.
Supervision Division
The supervision of work is one of the four key functions of management in any
organisation - besides planning, organising and managing, which run
simultaneously and are interdependent. A lot of attention is paid to this segment in
the Police. Besides the external control of its work (by the public, the media, the
justice, the Parliament, the Government and the Ministry of the Interior), the Police
itself controls the legitimacy, the professionalism and the quality of the work done.
Being a hierarchic, three-level organisation, the internal management control also runs