Police and Security, Vol. 19 No. 2, 2010.
Professional paper
The use of Firearms as Means of Coercion - Review of Legal Authorities and Statistics
Robert Pavić
; Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Since the practice is nothing else than the implementation of the act or the application of procedures and powers associated with the real needs and possihilities, the aim of this article is to judge and know the actual situation and the reasons why the police officer is going to use firearms as the means of coercion while performing police duties and application of police powers. The use of means of coercion in the Republic of Croatia statistics in the period from 1999 to 2008 were analyzed and presented to make such judgement. In the monitored period, the use and reasons for the use of firearms are particularly analyzed as the means of coercion. In this period the legal regulations for the use of firearms were differently regulated, so legal regulations governing the use of firearms are mentioned here. Based on the analyzed statistical data and legal authority of the police officers to use firearms as the means of coercion, the conclusion is derived in the article that the use of firearms for the police officer is the most reliable and easiest to view as the means of protection of people's lives and the elimination of danger through the institute of the necessary defense and extreme need. For convenience of the article, the act of the police officer before using the firearms is described and it is warned of the legal definition of the situations that are not considered the use of firearms as the means of coercion within the Law of police matters and powers. The normative regulation of the police use of firearms in the Republic of Slovenia is comparatively shown.
Keywords
means of coercion; firearms; police powers; the protection of people's lives; the elimination of danger
Hrčak ID:
79416
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2010.
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