Appeal to Colleagues in the Security Sector: Stand with the Constitution and the Law, Not Political Will

Our legal obligation is to protect citizens and serve the state, not political parties or individuals. No political interest, order from a superior, or pressure from the authorities can justify breaking the law. Each of us is personally responsible for our actions. We are equally responsible when we knowingly fail to act where we have a duty to prevent or punish unlawful conduct. Official position and powers are no excuse for abuse. They are an obligation to act in the public interest.

Free and fair elections require institutions that protect the electoral will of citizens instead of the interests of those who want to stay in power. On election day, your duty is to prevent violence, voter intimidation and electoral abuse. After the polling stations close, you are obliged to protect the integrity of the electoral process, ensure that the results are determined lawfully, and respond to any attempt to change them unlawfully. If there are post-election tensions, you must act impartially, prevent violence and protect citizens’ right to peaceful assembly. The law must apply equally to everyone, whatever their political affiliation. The institutions you belong to must not become a tool for holding on to power at any cost or for settling scores with political opponents.

In the coming days, both the professionalism of institutions and the personal integrity of their employees will be tested. Each of you will have to decide whether to act in line with the law and your own conscience or to let political pressure push you into betraying your duty. Serbia must come out of this crisis by peaceful and democratic means. That responsibility lies not only with political actors but with everyone who has the authority and power to enforce the law, protect citizens and prevent the abuse of institutions.

We support the initiative of CEPRIS and “Defence of the Profession” (“Odbrana struke”), which calls on prosecutors and judges to recognise, at this decisive moment, the responsibility they took on when they chose their professions. These elections could be the most significant in Serbia since the restoration of the multi-party system.

The history of political crises shows that institutions can be the last barrier against arbitrary rule but also its most powerful tool. The choice lies with the people who work in them.

We call on each of you to make that choice in favour of the Constitution, the law, and the citizens you have pledged to serve.

Anyone who cares about peace and the rule of law can also support this appeal.

The appeal was initiated by the Integrity Network of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.

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Signatories

1. Dušan Stanković, former police warrant officer, Niš Police Administration
2. Nikola Brkić, retired police colonel, former deputy head of the Novi Sad Police Administration
3. Milovan Petrović, retired police colonel, former head of the Čačak Police Administration
4. Mitar Đurašković, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate and General Police Directorate – Office for the Coordination of Anti-Trafficking Activities
5. Saša Vukadinović, former police major, former director of the BIA and head of the Kruševac Police Administration
6. Prof. Željko Nikač, PhD, former police colonel, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies
7. Srba Sirmić, retired police sergeant first class, Niš Police Administration
8. Predrag Simonović, retired police major, SBPOK – former member of the Working Group for Investigating the Murders of Journalists
9. Dragan Kecman, retired police colonel
10. Aleksandar Todorović, retired police major, chief police inspector at SBPOK
11. Spasoje Vulević, retired commander of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
12. Goran Petrović, retired police sergeant first class, Niš Police Administration
13. Uglješa Bokić, former police officer, Novi Sad Police Administration
14. Dragan Kovačević, retired police major, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
15. Goran Radojković, retired police colonel
16. Marko Labović, police junior sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration
17. Dejan Bogosavljević, retired police warrant officer first class
18. Bogoljub Živković, retired police general
19. Dragan Labović, retired police captain, Traffic Police Directorate
20. Goran Mijailović, police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, coordinator
21. Slavica Radovanović, retired police colonel
22. Milan Dumanović, retired warrant officer first class, Criminal Police Directorate, Pančevo Police Administration
23. Predrag Obradović, police officer, Kragujevac Police Administration
24. Dejan Joksimović, retired police colonel, Police Directorate
25. Milorad Mitrović, retired police staff sergeant first class
26. Srećko Bogićević, former police officer, Traffic Police Directorate
27. Dragan Žebeljan, police major
28. Vojislav Pavićević, retired police major, Belgrade City Police Administration
29. Momčilo Stojanović, retired police inspector, Directorate for Foreigners
30. Aleksandar Stanković, police junior sergeant
31. Siniša Janković, retired police inspector, Pančevo Police Administration
32. Dragiša Nikolić, captain in the police and the army, Serbian Mine Action Centre, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
33. Dušan Nikolić, police major, Emergency Situations Department in Leskovac
34. Dejan Pavlović, retired police major, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade
35. Milan Obradović, retired police general, Homicide Department of the Belgrade SUP, director of Interpol, head of the Belgrade SUP
36. Branko Blagojević, Ministry of Interior employee, Directorate for General Affairs / Logistics Sector
37. Aleksandar Kikoš, retired police colonel, former commander of the Gendarmerie Diving Unit
38. Vladimir Džigurski, police major, Logistics Sector, UPO, COPO
39. Željko Mojsilović, retired police colonel, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ)
40. Jugoslav Anđelković, retired police sergeant first class, Niš Police Administration
41. Nebojša Mišović, retired police sergeant first class, Niš Police Administration
42. Dobrivoje Brezovac, retired forensic technician, Belgrade Police Administration
43. Isidora Radovanović, police sergeant first class, Belgrade Police Administration
44. Aleksandar Simić, retired police captain, Kraljevo Police Administration
45. Mirjana Smiljanić, retired psychologist, Department for Psychological Prevention and Selection, Ministry of Interior
46. Predrag Vujičić, former chief police inspector, Police Academy, Police Directorate
47. Nebojša Dekić, retired senior sergeant first class, Gendarmerie
48. Milan Milović, retired police colonel, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities
49. Predrag Maletić, retired police major, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
50. Ljubiša Košutanac, retired police colonel, Office of the Minister of Interior
51. Stefan Janjić, former administrative worker, Niš Police Administration
52. Marija Past Bulbić, police senior sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration
53. Jasmina Bajić, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration
54. Glišo Vidović, senior sergeant first class, Užice Police Administration
55. Milja Ljubisavljević, PhD, retired police major, Directorate for Education
56. Srboljub Đuranović, retired police officer, former deputy commander of the Barič Police Department and Obrenovac Police Station
57. Zoran Mladenović, retired police major, Smederevo Police Administration
58. Slobodanka Ojdanović, former senior police clerk, High-Tech Crime Service
59. Časlav Ristić, retired police major, former head of forensics
60. Vlastimir Vulikić, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration
61. Dragan Čolić, retired police official, Belgrade Police Administration, Obrenovac Police Station
62. Miroslav Vlajić, retired police captain, Novi Sad Police Administration
63. Slavko Bugarin, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration
64. Veljko Džamić, former police official, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
65. Ivan Dedović, retired police sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration
66. Nebojša Pejović, Information and Communication Technologies Sector
67. Radivoje Stojanović, retired forensic technician, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration
68. Zvezdan Radojković, retired official, General Police Directorate
69. Jelena Ninkov, former police junior sergeant, Novi Sad Police Administration
70. Božidar Stojilković, retired police major, Criminal Police Directorate – SSK
71. Nikola Blagojević, retired police official, Criminal Police Directorate, Service for Combating Organised Crime
72. Milorad Vukadinović, senior commander, Sremska Mitrovica Correctional Institution
73. Ilija Babić, police senior sergeant first class, Kragujevac Police Administration
74. Nataša Kovačević, former employee, Užice Police Administration, Administrative Affairs Department
75. Željko Nestorović, retired police officer, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities
76. Branko Purić, police warrant officer first class, Prijepolje Police Administration
77. Miloš Maksimović, police official, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities
78. Dragan Bakić, retired police officer, Gornji Milanovac Police Station
79. Dragan Lazarević, retired police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, Internal Control Sector
80. Milanko Drulović, retired official, Prijepolje Police Administration
81. Nenad Bošnjak, former police officer, Futog Police Substation
82. Nebojša Popovčak, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration
83. Bojan Kovaljev, former police sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration
84. Borislav Lukić, retired police lieutenant, former deputy commander of Ivanjica Police Station
85. Dejan Kolić, retired police colonel, Niš Police Administration
86. Miloš Oparnica, retired police colonel, former head of the Criminal Police Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Interior, director of the INTERPOL Office, and assistant minister – head of the Internal Control Sector
87. Duško Šaponjić, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate
88. Ljubodrag Košanin, retired police official, Gendarmerie, Kraljevo Detachment
89. Katarina Petrović, police major, Valjevo Police Administration
90. Tatjana Mirović, police official
91. Nikola Ivanković, retired sergeant first class, Belgrade City Police Administration, Lazarevac Police Station, Barajevo Police Station
92. Igor Đurđević, police sergeant first class, Belgrade City Police Administration
93. Veselin Nikolić, retired police captain, Sector for Emergency Situations
94. Dragan Vićentijević, retired police lieutenant colonel, Kraljevo Police Administration
95. Saša Vuletić, police second lieutenant, Belgrade City Police Administration, Jagodina Police Administration
96. Borisav Perišić, retired police major, Užice Police Administration, Arilje Police Station
97. Aca Jevrosimov, retired police colonel
98. Dragica Lazarević, senior analyst, Kragujevac Police Administration
99. Dejan Pavlović, associate professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
100. Bojan Maksimović, retired traffic police officer
101. Miodrag Benović, retired police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, Criminal Police Directorate
102. Milenko Lečić, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate
103. Dragutin Obradović, retired criminal police officer, Kragujevac Police Administration
104. Dejan Veličković, retired police officer, Belgrade City Police Administration
105. Vladimir Rebić, former police director, Užice SUP, USP, General Police Directorate
106. Radomir Zekavica, full professor, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies
107. Aleksandar Dimitrijević, retired colonel general, head of the Security Directorate of the Yugoslav People’s Army (Army of Serbia and Montenegro)
108. Nikola Guteša, retired police colonel, UKP, UBPOK, SBPOK
109. Zoran Stevanović, retired police major, Vranje Police Administration, Preševo Police Station, Bujanovac Police Station
110. Zoran Stojimirov, retired police warrant officer first class, Zaječar Police Administration
111. Vesna Arlov, retired chief police inspector, Novi Sad Police Administration
112. Tamara Zlatanović, retired police officer, Border Police Directorate
113. Ljuba Milanović, retired inspector, POSKOK
114. Adis Bukvić, police officer, Prijepolje Police Administration
115. Siniša Carević, lawyer and former police inspector, Novi Sad Police Administration
116. Milica Milosavljević, police major, General Police Directorate
117. Goran Miljanović, retired police major, Novi Sad Police Administration
118. Iso Redžepović, retired police major, head of Tutin Police Station
119. Goran Gajić, retired police officer, Belgrade City Police Administration
120. Lela Dukanac, retired police major, Čačak Police Administration
121. Veljko Dukanac, retired police captain, Čačak Police Administration
122. Miroslav Pavlović, police major, Sector for Emergency Situations
123. Mirjana Milosavljević, retired police captain, Kraljevo Police Administration
124. Mile Lazarević, retired forensic technician, Lazarevac Police Station
125. Borjan Čugalj, retired police official, Kruševac Police Administration
126. Snežana Novović, retired chief police adviser, Directorate for Professional Education, Training and Science
127. Dubravka Aksentijević, retired police major, Čačak Police Administration, OZS
128. Dragana Žikić, retired police major, Niš Police Administration
129. Momir Stojanović, retired Army general, former commander of the Niš Corps and former director of the Military Security Agency (VBA)
130. Dušan Marković, retired police major, Čačak Police Administration
131. Veljko Kursar, former junior sergeant, Gendarmerie
132. Vlastimir Novović, retired police colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration
133. Njegoš Radenović, retired special police officer, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, Palilula Police Substation
134. Tatjana Kljun, retired police colonel, UBPOK, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
135. Svetislav Rajšić, retired police colonel, former head of the Subotica Police Administration and governor of the District Prison
136. Vladimir Bogdanović, police official, Belgrade City Police Administration
137. Miloš Zatezalo, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate
138. Nebojša Jovanović, former police second lieutenant, Criminal Police Department of the Kruševac Police Administration, UBPOK, SBPOK
139. Srećko Petrović, retired police major, Belgrade City Police Administration
140. Miomir Milić, retired police lieutenant colonel, assistant head of the police directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration
141. Slaviša Radovanović, retired police lieutenant colonel, Kragujevac Police Administration
142. Svetlana Milić, retired operational analyst, Criminal Police Directorate, Ministry of Interior
143. Dušan Mišljijević, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration, Ruma Police Station
144. Dragan Miletić, retired police lieutenant, Gendarmerie, Niš
145. Milan Meseldžija, suspended police official, Futog Police Substation
146. Dragan Mladenović, retired police officer, Kolubara
147. Živko Božić, retired police lieutenant colonel, General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
148. Zoran Keser, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, SBPT
149. Marko Osmajlić, retired police colonel, head of the Internal Control Sector
150. Vesna Šćepanović Radojković, lawyer and former inspector, UKP, UUP, UGP
151. Zoran Tomašević, retired head of the Communications Section, Čačak Police Administration
152. Vladan Sovrlić, retired police colonel, Kraljevo Gendarmerie Detachment
153. Rajko Despotović, retired police official, Border Police Directorate
154. Oto Maslovarić, retired police inspector, Belgrade City Police Administration, Lazarevac Police Station
155. Gordana Vuković, retired police colonel, Human Resources Sector
156. Zorica Radosavljević, retired police colonel, Directorate for Analytics
157. Zoran Misić, PhD, retired police colonel, Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration, Savski Venac Police Station, Voždovac Police Station
158. Dragan Milosavljević, retired criminal investigator, Belgrade City Police Administration, Palilula Police Station
159. Slobodan Joksimović, retired brigadier general, Serbian Armed Forces, Military Intelligence Agency (VOA)
160. Vladan Mašić, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, BIA
161. Marko Mladenović, retired police major, Gendarmerie Diving Unit
162. Slaviša Milenković, retired police warrant officer, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade
163. Radomir Stojančev, retired senior independent adviser, head of department, BIA Centre Novi Sad
164. Dalibor Ostojić, retired police official, Kragujevac Police Administration
165. Đorđe Vokić, police officer, IJ92, Security Substation
166. Jasmina Petković, inspector, Kragujevac Police Administration, Criminal Police Department
167. Stefan Đekić, former police sergeant, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade, Gendarmerie
168. Dragomir Trninić, former head of department, SBPOK, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
169. Dušan Grahovac, retired colonel, Security Directorate
170. Asst. Prof. Nenad Simić, PhD, retired police major, SBPOK, Financial Investigations Unit
171. Miodrag Ranković, retired captain, Military Post 5390
172. Zvonko Brnić, retired senior adviser, State Security, Zrenjanin
173. Miodrag Gajić, retired police captain, Criminal Police Department of the Požarevac Police Administration
174. Cvijetin Đorđić, PhD, retired prison governor, professor of applied studies, Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions, College of Criminalistics and Security in Niš
175. Dušan Surla, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Directorate for International Cooperation
176. Dragana Kajganić, retired lieutenant colonel, Media Relations Bureau
177. Goran Stupar, lawyer and former senior inspector, Criminal Police Department of the Novi Sad Police Administration
178. Nenad Samardžić, retired police lieutenant colonel, Gendarmerie
179. Miloš Popović, retired General Staff lieutenant colonel, fighter pilot, 101st Fighter Aviation Squadron, 127th Fighter Aviation Squadron, Directorate for Operations, Equipment and Development of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, Air Force Command
180. Vladimir Krupljanin, former police warrant officer, Kula Police Station
181. Mila Stojanović, former BIA officer
182. Vladan Novaković, former senior inspector, BIA
183. Miodrag Ristić, retired lieutenant colonel, Serbian Armed Forces pilot, Flight Test Centre (TOC), 252nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron
184. Dragica Pavićević, police sergeant first class, Kragujevac Police Administration, SPI
185. Boško Sivčević, police warrant officer, Novi Sad Police Administration
186. Branislav Marjanović, retired police station commander, deputy head, Belgrade SUP – Police Directorate, Sopot Police Station, Mladenovac Police Station
187. Dejan Marinković, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate
188. Stevan Mišić, retired senior sergeant first class, Novi Sad Police Administration
189. Saša Mitrović, retired police colonel, General Police Directorate, Požarevac Police Administration, Bor Police Administration, Belgrade City Police Administration
190. Prof. Milan Zvezdanović, PhD, full professor, former associate professor at the National Security Academy and former independent inspector with the rank of chief adviser, BIA Centre Leskovac
191. Dejan Matić, retired assistant minister of interior, Sector for Finance and Joint Affairs
192. Ljiljana Radovanović, retired analytics documentalist, Criminal Police Directorate, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
193. Vladimir Bejatović, retired police colonel, Internal Control Sector
194. Dragan Terzić, retired police colonel, assistant police director, Novi Pazar Police Administration
195. Goran Bujišić, former major, Defence Policy Sector, Ministry of Defence
196. Miroslav Lazarov, police official, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration
197. Ivan Tomašević, police sergeant, beat officer, Belgrade City Police Administration, Savski Venac Police Station
198. Saša Štogren, retired captain first class, flight instructor pilot, Serbian Armed Forces, Air Force and Air Defence
199. Milan Nevešćanin, retired police captain, SVS, Sombor Department
200. Dejan Jelić, former police official, Kraljevo
201. Slađana Milojković, retired police colonel, deputy head of the National Training Centre for Emergency Situations, sector for emergency situations, logistics sector
202. Goran Ristić, retired police captain, Niš Police Administration
203. Branislav Pavić, retired colonel, Serbian Armed Forces
204. Blaža Simeunović, retired police officer, Šabac Police Administration, Šabac Police Station, assistant commander
205. Slobodan Jonović, lawyer, retired police major, head of the Legal and Joint Affairs Group of the Niš Gendarmerie Detachment, former president of the Police Union of Serbia in the Niš Detachment, Donji Milanovac Police Department, Majdanpek SP and Niš Gendarmerie Detachment
206. Saša Jovanović, retired aircrew member, warrant officer first class, Serbian Armed Forces
207. Dragana Milić Marković, retired police warrant officer first class, Požarevac Police Administration
208. Mirko Janković, retired police second lieutenant, Belgrade City Police Administration
209. Saša Milovanović, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Criminal Intelligence and Undercover Investigators Service
210. Saša Milićević, retired police official, Criminal Police Directorate, SBPOK
211. Nenad Milosavljević, retired police colonel, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
212. Aleksandar Milovanović, retired forensic technician, Kragujevac Police Administration, Rača Police Station
213. Dejan Stevanović, retired police lieutenant colonel, Smederevo Police Administration
214. Miodrag Mandić, retired police colonel, Police Internal Control Sector
215. Slađan Kostić, retired police lieutenant colonel, UKP, UGP
216. Boško Nikolić, sergeant first class, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities
217. Arsenije Stanković, retired police colonel, Security Directorate of the Yugoslav Army General Staff, head of section, former defence attaché of the FRY to the People’s Republic of China
218. Žarko Đenisijević, retired lieutenant colonel – helicopter pilot, 204th Air Brigade
219. Vladan Veljković, retired police sergeant first class, Gendarmerie, Novi Sad Detachment
220. Predrag Ćetković, former police captain, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia
221. Vladan Bogdanović, retired police lieutenant, inspector for combating economic crime related to fires and accidents, Požarevac Police Administration
222. Mladen Korica, retired police lieutenant colonel, Novi Sad Criminal Police
223. Novak Bakić, retired police official, Belgrade City Police Administration
224. Mioljub Živković, retired police official, Šabac Police Administration
225. Predrag Arsić, retired police official, Šabac Police Administration – Mali Zvornik Police Station
226. Saša Mladenović, retired police lieutenant colonel, chief adviser, Niš SUP, UBPOK, UKP, BIA
227. Pavle Hedjesi, journalist and retired shift leader, one of the founders of the trade union movement in the Ministry of Interior
228. Milica Dejanović, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration
229. Bajčeta Vukadin, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration
230. Novica Resimić, retired criminal investigator, Šabac Police Administration
231. Nenad Marković, retired colonel, Serbian Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence
232. Nemanja Boljanović, police senior sergeant, Border Police Directorate
233. Boško Arsenijević, former police lieutenant colonel, Novi Sad Police Administration
234. Fikret Turković, retired senior sergeant first class, COPO, Novi Sad Police Administration
235. Saša Gosić, retired police lieutenant colonel, Border Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration
236. Bogdan Kosanović, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration, Gendarmerie Command
237. Predrag Radosavljević, retired senior independent associate, BIA
238. Lazar Nešić, former head of the National Forensic Centre, Criminal Police Directorate
239. Radan Jelušić, retired police lieutenant colonel, SKOR

21 October 2026 until 13.00 h