Professional paper

Police aspects of the security of protected persons

Jurica Jurjević ; Croatian Football Federation, Zagreb, Croatia
Silvija Pejaković-Đipić orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7231 ; Police Academy, Police College, MoIRC, Zagreb Croatia

Abstract

The authors have studied the security of the highest state officials, which is in the function of protecting state institutions. The security system of a democratic state must provide adequate protection and
security to persons who are, according to domestic and international legislation, designated as protected persons. Due to its confidential nature and the small number of police officers who perform it, this type of police work is inaccessible to a wider circle of the police profession and the public as a whole. The authors consider the theoretical elements of security and protection with the aim of bringing it closer to other security stakeholders. The concept and categories of the protected person, the goal and purpose of their security and the type of threats are defined, with special reference to assassinations as the most serious forms of threat. A concise historical overview of the world’s most famous assassinations places emphasis on the context of the time in which they occurred and influenced future developments on a regional and global scale. The authors have studied the historical development of police protection of protected persons in Croatia, the legal framework and police powers, as well as the position and tasks of the Croatian unit in charge of the security of protected persons in the Ministry of the Interior (Directorate for Special Security Affairs).

Keywords

protected person; close protection; security; assassination; terrorism; state official

Hrčak ID:

285051

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/285051

Publication date:

2.11.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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