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Serbia: Ministry of the Interior

Police
Serbian Police Union
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
Zandarmerija

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Serbia

Police

Police flag - Image by Milan Jovanović, 30 May 2007

The flag of the Serbian Police, as seen on a photography, is blue with the Police insignia in the middle.

Milan Jovanović, 30 May 2007

Serbian Police Union

Serbian Police Union flag - Image by Milan Jovanović, 4 November 2007

The flag of the Serbian Police Union is prescribed in Article 5 of the Union statutes as follows:

The flag of Policijski Sindikat Srbije [Police Union of Serbia] flag is dark blue with the union emblem, surmonted by ПОЛИЦИЈСКИ СИНДИКАТ СРБИЈЕ, and with ПСС under the emblem, all writings in gold letters.

On photographies of the flag, the blue shade appears to be much lighter than the prescribed "dark blue".

Milan Jovanović, 4 November 2007

Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

The flag of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ), as seen on a photography, is the Serbian tricolor flag charged with the insignia of the SAJ.

Milan Jovanović, 30 May 2007

Zandarmerija

Zendarmerija flag - Image by Milan Jovanović, 8 June 2007

Originally founded in 1860 and disbanded after the Second World War, the Serbian Gendarmerie was refounded on 28 June 2001, under Minister of the Interior Dušan Mihajlović. The Special Operations Unit (JSO) and Special Police Unit (PJP) were attached to the Gendarmerie. At this moment, this is the only unit completely equipped by NATO standards.
The Gendarmerie consists of of four units, each one itself consisting of 500 gendarmes. The principal bases are located in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kraljevo.

The Gendarmerie's duties are both civil and military. Its main assignments of the Gendarmerie are:
- to restore peace and stability if they have been heavily disturbed
- to fight terrorist and other violent groups
- to repress riots in prisons
Its civil duties are:
- to provide security and public peace
- to investigate and prevent organized crime, terrorism and other violent groups
- to protect state and private property
- to help and assist civilians and other emergency forces in a case of emergency, natural disaster,civil unrest and armed conflicts.
Its military duties are:
- to provide, preserve and protect security and public peace, public order
- to protect state and private property
- to assist other security forces in case of emergency, civil unrest, war
- to repress riots
- to reinforce martial law and mobilization
- to fight and apprehend suspect criminals, terrorists and other violent groups
Other duties are prescribed in the decrees of law and regulations other than civil, military and other duties and duties given by the governmental decrees based on them.

The flag of the Zandarmerija, as drawn after photographies of the real flag, is red with the insignia, surmonted by Zandarmerija written in Cyrillic silver letters (ЖАНДАРМЕРИЈА).

Milan Jovanović, 4 September 2007