Human resources management, weak police internal control and the politicization of the police are common regional problems and solving them is fundamental for strengthening police integrity, panelists concluded at the debate on police accountability in the Western Balkans.

BCSP researchers Katarina Djokic and Vladimir Erceg analyze the role of the Parliament in the oversight of those aspects of the security institutions’ work where the corruption risks are particularly prominent: budgeting and management of finance, public procurements, material resources management, human resources management, application of special procedures and measures for secret intelligence gathering.

Management of human resources, changing the Law on Police, the creation of a professional police service and strengthening the sector of internal control are the measures which should be undertaken in order to reduce the risk of corruption in the police, it was concluded during panel discussions held on 14 and 15 April in Brus, Prokuplje and Nis.