{"id":36433,"date":"2026-10-20T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/?p=36433"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:24:48","slug":"appeal-to-colleagues-in-the-security-sector-stand-with-the-constitution-and-the-law-not-political-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/appeal-to-colleagues-in-the-security-sector-stand-with-the-constitution-and-the-law-not-political-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal to Colleagues in the Security Sector: Stand with the Constitution and the Law, Not Political Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong> 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&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the coming days, both the professionalism of institutions and the personal integrity of their employees will be tested.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>We support the initiative of CEPRIS and &#8220;Defence of the Profession&#8221; (&#8220;Odbrana struke&#8221;), 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The history of political crises shows that institutions can be the last barrier against arbitrary rule but also its most powerful tool.<\/strong> The choice lies with the people who work in them.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who cares about peace and the rule of law can also support this appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal was initiated by the Integrity Network of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.<\/p>\n<p>Support this appeal by <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/11vDp99yI_7ufL-vUwnn3R2J7uQ3qX52zawAZuaX1S4A\/viewform?ts=6ad60d7b&amp;edit_requested=true\">filling in this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Signatories<\/p>\n<ol class=\"list-decimal mb-3 space-y-1 pl-6 last:mb-0 text-body leading-[1.5]\">\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Stankovi\u0107, former police warrant officer, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nikola Brki\u0107, retired police colonel, former deputy head of the Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milovan Petrovi\u0107, retired police colonel, former head of the \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mitar \u0110ura\u0161kovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate and General Police Directorate \u2013 Office for the Coordination of Anti-Trafficking Activities<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Vukadinovi\u0107, former police major, former director of the BIA and head of the Kru\u0161evac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Prof. \u017deljko Nika\u010d, PhD, former police colonel, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Srba Sirmi\u0107, retired police sergeant first class, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Simonovi\u0107, retired police major, SBPOK \u2013 former member of the Working Group for Investigating the Murders of Journalists<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Kecman, retired police colonel<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Todorovi\u0107, retired police major, chief police inspector at SBPOK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Spasoje Vulevi\u0107, retired commander of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Petrovi\u0107, retired police sergeant first class, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Uglje\u0161a Boki\u0107, former police officer, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Kova\u010devi\u0107, retired police major, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Radojkovi\u0107, retired police colonel<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Marko Labovi\u0107, police junior sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Bogosavljevi\u0107, retired police warrant officer first class<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bogoljub \u017divkovi\u0107, retired police general<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Labovi\u0107, retired police captain, Traffic Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Mijailovi\u0107, police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, coordinator<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slavica Radovanovi\u0107, retired police colonel<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milan Dumanovi\u0107, retired warrant officer first class, Criminal Police Directorate, Pan\u010devo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Obradovi\u0107, police officer, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Joksimovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milorad Mitrovi\u0107, retired police staff sergeant first class<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sre\u0107ko Bogi\u0107evi\u0107, former police officer, Traffic Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan \u017debeljan, police major<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vojislav Pavi\u0107evi\u0107, retired police major, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mom\u010dilo Stojanovi\u0107, retired police inspector, Directorate for Foreigners<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Stankovi\u0107, police junior sergeant<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sini\u0161a Jankovi\u0107, retired police inspector, Pan\u010devo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragi\u0161a Nikoli\u0107, captain in the police and the army, Serbian Mine Action Centre, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Nikoli\u0107, police major, Emergency Situations Department in Leskovac<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Pavlovi\u0107, retired police major, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milan Obradovi\u0107, retired police general, Homicide Department of the Belgrade SUP, director of Interpol, head of the Belgrade SUP<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Branko Blagojevi\u0107, Ministry of Interior employee, Directorate for General Affairs \/ Logistics Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Kiko\u0161, retired police colonel, former commander of the Gendarmerie Diving Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladimir D\u017eigurski, police major, Logistics Sector, UPO, COPO<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u017deljko Mojsilovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ)<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Jugoslav An\u0111elkovi\u0107, retired police sergeant first class, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Neboj\u0161a Mi\u0161ovi\u0107, retired police sergeant first class, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dobrivoje Brezovac, retired forensic technician, Belgrade Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Isidora Radovanovi\u0107, police sergeant first class, Belgrade Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Simi\u0107, retired police captain, Kraljevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mirjana Smiljani\u0107, retired psychologist, Department for Psychological Prevention and Selection, Ministry of Interior<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Vuji\u010di\u0107, former chief police inspector, Police Academy, Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Neboj\u0161a Deki\u0107, retired senior sergeant first class, Gendarmerie<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milan Milovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Maleti\u0107, retired police major, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ljubi\u0161a Ko\u0161utanac, retired police colonel, Office of the Minister of Interior<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Stefan Janji\u0107, former administrative worker, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Marija Past Bulbi\u0107, police senior sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Jasmina Baji\u0107, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Gli\u0161o Vidovi\u0107, senior sergeant first class, U\u017eice Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milja Ljubisavljevi\u0107, PhD, retired police major, Directorate for Education<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Srboljub \u0110uranovi\u0107, retired police officer, former deputy commander of the Bari\u010d Police Department and Obrenovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Mladenovi\u0107, retired police major, Smederevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slobodanka Ojdanovi\u0107, former senior police clerk, High-Tech Crime Service<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u010caslav Risti\u0107, retired police major, former head of forensics<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vlastimir Vuliki\u0107, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan \u010coli\u0107, retired police official, Belgrade Police Administration, Obrenovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miroslav Vlaji\u0107, retired police captain, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slavko Bugarin, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Veljko D\u017eami\u0107, former police official, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ivan Dedovi\u0107, retired police sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Neboj\u0161a Pejovi\u0107, Information and Communication Technologies Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Radivoje Stojanovi\u0107, retired forensic technician, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zvezdan Radojkovi\u0107, retired official, General Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Jelena Ninkov, former police junior sergeant, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bo\u017eidar Stojilkovi\u0107, retired police major, Criminal Police Directorate \u2013 SSK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nikola Blagojevi\u0107, retired police official, Criminal Police Directorate, Service for Combating Organised Crime<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milorad Vukadinovi\u0107, senior commander, Sremska Mitrovica Correctional Institution<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ilija Babi\u0107, police senior sergeant first class, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nata\u0161a Kova\u010devi\u0107, former employee, U\u017eice Police Administration, Administrative Affairs Department<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u017deljko Nestorovi\u0107, retired police officer, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Branko Puri\u0107, police warrant officer first class, Prijepolje Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milo\u0161 Maksimovi\u0107, police official, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Baki\u0107, retired police officer, Gornji Milanovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Lazarevi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, Internal Control Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milanko Drulovi\u0107, retired official, Prijepolje Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nenad Bo\u0161njak, former police officer, Futog Police Substation<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Neboj\u0161a Popov\u010dak, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bojan Kovaljev, former police sergeant, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Borislav Luki\u0107, retired police lieutenant, former deputy commander of Ivanjica Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Koli\u0107, retired police colonel, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milo\u0161 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 \u2013 head of the Internal Control Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161ko \u0160aponji\u0107, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ljubodrag Ko\u0161anin, retired police official, Gendarmerie, Kraljevo Detachment<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Katarina Petrovi\u0107, police major, Valjevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Tatjana Mirovi\u0107, police official<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nikola Ivankovi\u0107, retired sergeant first class, Belgrade City Police Administration, Lazarevac Police Station, Barajevo Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Igor \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107, police sergeant first class, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Veselin Nikoli\u0107, retired police captain, Sector for Emergency Situations<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Vi\u0107entijevi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Kraljevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Vuleti\u0107, police second lieutenant, Belgrade City Police Administration, Jagodina Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Borisav Peri\u0161i\u0107, retired police major, U\u017eice Police Administration, Arilje Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aca Jevrosimov, retired police colonel<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragica Lazarevi\u0107, senior analyst, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Pavlovi\u0107, associate professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bojan Maksimovi\u0107, retired traffic police officer<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miodrag Benovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration, Criminal Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milenko Le\u010di\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragutin Obradovi\u0107, retired criminal police officer, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Veli\u010dkovi\u0107, retired police officer, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladimir Rebi\u0107, former police director, U\u017eice SUP, USP, General Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Radomir Zekavica, full professor, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Dimitrijevi\u0107, retired colonel general, head of the Security Directorate of the Yugoslav People&#8217;s Army (Army of Serbia and Montenegro)<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nikola Gute\u0161a, retired police colonel, UKP, UBPOK, SBPOK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Stevanovi\u0107, retired police major, Vranje Police Administration, Pre\u0161evo Police Station, Bujanovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Stojimirov, retired police warrant officer first class, Zaje\u010dar Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vesna Arlov, retired chief police inspector, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Tamara Zlatanovi\u0107, retired police officer, Border Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ljuba Milanovi\u0107, retired inspector, POSKOK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Adis Bukvi\u0107, police officer, Prijepolje Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sini\u0161a Carevi\u0107, lawyer and former police inspector, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milica Milosavljevi\u0107, police major, General Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Miljanovi\u0107, retired police major, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Iso Red\u017eepovi\u0107, retired police major, head of Tutin Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Gaji\u0107, retired police officer, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Lela Dukanac, retired police major, \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Veljko Dukanac, retired police captain, \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miroslav Pavlovi\u0107, police major, Sector for Emergency Situations<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mirjana Milosavljevi\u0107, retired police captain, Kraljevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mile Lazarevi\u0107, retired forensic technician, Lazarevac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Borjan \u010cugalj, retired police official, Kru\u0161evac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sne\u017eana Novovi\u0107, retired chief police adviser, Directorate for Professional Education, Training and Science<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dubravka Aksentijevi\u0107, retired police major, \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration, OZS<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragana \u017diki\u0107, retired police major, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Momir Stojanovi\u0107, retired Army general, former commander of the Ni\u0161 Corps and former director of the Military Security Agency (VBA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Markovi\u0107, retired police major, \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Veljko Kursar, former junior sergeant, Gendarmerie<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vlastimir Novovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Njego\u0161 Radenovi\u0107, retired special police officer, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, Palilula Police Substation<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Tatjana Kljun, retired police colonel, UBPOK, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Svetislav Raj\u0161i\u0107, retired police colonel, former head of the Subotica Police Administration and governor of the District Prison<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladimir Bogdanovi\u0107, police official, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milo\u0161 Zatezalo, retired police colonel, Border Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Neboj\u0161a Jovanovi\u0107, former police second lieutenant, Criminal Police Department of the Kru\u0161evac Police Administration, UBPOK, SBPOK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sre\u0107ko Petrovi\u0107, retired police major, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miomir Mili\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, assistant head of the police directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slavi\u0161a Radovanovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Svetlana Mili\u0107, retired operational analyst, Criminal Police Directorate, Ministry of Interior<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Mi\u0161ljijevi\u0107, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration, Ruma Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Mileti\u0107, retired police lieutenant, Gendarmerie, Ni\u0161<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milan Meseld\u017eija, suspended police official, Futog Police Substation<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Mladenovi\u0107, retired police officer, Kolubara<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u017divko Bo\u017ei\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Keser, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, SBPT<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Marko Osmajli\u0107, retired police colonel, head of the Internal Control Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vesna \u0160\u0107epanovi\u0107 Radojkovi\u0107, lawyer and former inspector, UKP, UUP, UGP<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Toma\u0161evi\u0107, retired head of the Communications Section, \u010ca\u010dak Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladan Sovrli\u0107, retired police colonel, Kraljevo Gendarmerie Detachment<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Rajko Despotovi\u0107, retired police official, Border Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Oto Maslovari\u0107, retired police inspector, Belgrade City Police Administration, Lazarevac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Gordana Vukovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Human Resources Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zorica Radosavljevi\u0107, retired police colonel, Directorate for Analytics<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zoran Misi\u0107, PhD, retired police colonel, Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration, Savski Venac Police Station, Vo\u017edovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Milosavljevi\u0107, retired criminal investigator, Belgrade City Police Administration, Palilula Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slobodan Joksimovi\u0107, retired brigadier general, Serbian Armed Forces, Military Intelligence Agency (VOA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladan Ma\u0161i\u0107, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, BIA<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Marko Mladenovi\u0107, retired police major, Gendarmerie Diving Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slavi\u0161a Milenkovi\u0107, retired police warrant officer, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Radomir Stojan\u010dev, retired senior independent adviser, head of department, BIA Centre Novi Sad<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dalibor Ostoji\u0107, retired police official, Kragujevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u0110or\u0111e Voki\u0107, police officer, IJ92, Security Substation<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Jasmina Petkovi\u0107, inspector, Kragujevac Police Administration, Criminal Police Department<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Stefan \u0110eki\u0107, former police sergeant, Special Police Units (PJP) Police Brigade, Gendarmerie<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragomir Trnini\u0107, former head of department, SBPOK, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Grahovac, retired colonel, Security Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Asst. Prof. Nenad Simi\u0107, PhD, retired police major, SBPOK, Financial Investigations Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miodrag Rankovi\u0107, retired captain, Military Post 5390<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Zvonko Brni\u0107, retired senior adviser, State Security, Zrenjanin<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miodrag Gaji\u0107, retired police captain, Criminal Police Department of the Po\u017earevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Cvijetin \u0110or\u0111i\u0107, PhD, retired prison governor, professor of applied studies, Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions, College of Criminalistics and Security in Ni\u0161<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Du\u0161an Surla, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Directorate for International Cooperation<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragana Kajgani\u0107, retired lieutenant colonel, Media Relations Bureau<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Stupar, lawyer and former senior inspector, Criminal Police Department of the Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nenad Samard\u017ei\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Gendarmerie<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107, 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<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladimir Krupljanin, former police warrant officer, Kula Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mila Stojanovi\u0107, former BIA officer<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladan Novakovi\u0107, former senior inspector, BIA<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miodrag Risti\u0107, retired lieutenant colonel, Serbian Armed Forces pilot, Flight Test Centre (TOC), 252nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Squadron<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragica Pavi\u0107evi\u0107, police sergeant first class, Kragujevac Police Administration, SPI<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bo\u0161ko Siv\u010devi\u0107, police warrant officer, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Branislav Marjanovi\u0107, retired police station commander, deputy head, Belgrade SUP \u2013 Police Directorate, Sopot Police Station, Mladenovac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Marinkovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Stevan Mi\u0161i\u0107, retired senior sergeant first class, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Mitrovi\u0107, retired police colonel, General Police Directorate, Po\u017earevac Police Administration, Bor Police Administration, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Prof. Milan Zvezdanovi\u0107, PhD, full professor, former associate professor at the National Security Academy and former independent inspector with the rank of chief adviser, BIA Centre Leskovac<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Mati\u0107, retired assistant minister of interior, Sector for Finance and Joint Affairs<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ljiljana Radovanovi\u0107, retired analytics documentalist, Criminal Police Directorate, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladimir Bejatovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Internal Control Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragan Terzi\u0107, retired police colonel, assistant police director, Novi Pazar Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Buji\u0161i\u0107, former major, Defence Policy Sector, Ministry of Defence<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miroslav Lazarov, police official, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Ivan Toma\u0161evi\u0107, police sergeant, beat officer, Belgrade City Police Administration, Savski Venac Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a \u0160togren, retired captain first class, flight instructor pilot, Serbian Armed Forces, Air Force and Air Defence<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milan Neve\u0161\u0107anin, retired police captain, SVS, Sombor Department<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Jeli\u0107, former police official, Kraljevo<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sla\u0111ana Milojkovi\u0107, retired police colonel, deputy head of the National Training Centre for Emergency Situations, sector for emergency situations, logistics sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Goran Risti\u0107, retired police captain, Ni\u0161 Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Branislav Pavi\u0107, retired colonel, Serbian Armed Forces<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bla\u017ea Simeunovi\u0107, retired police officer, \u0160abac Police Administration, \u0160abac Police Station, assistant commander<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Slobodan Jonovi\u0107, lawyer, retired police major, head of the Legal and Joint Affairs Group of the Ni\u0161 Gendarmerie Detachment, former president of the Police Union of Serbia in the Ni\u0161 Detachment, Donji Milanovac Police Department, Majdanpek SP and Ni\u0161 Gendarmerie Detachment<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Jovanovi\u0107, retired aircrew member, warrant officer first class, Serbian Armed Forces<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dragana Mili\u0107 Markovi\u0107, retired police warrant officer first class, Po\u017earevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mirko Jankovi\u0107, retired police second lieutenant, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Milovanovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Criminal Intelligence and Undercover Investigators Service<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Mili\u0107evi\u0107, retired police official, Criminal Police Directorate, SBPOK<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nenad Milosavljevi\u0107, retired police colonel, Special Anti-Terrorist Unit<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Aleksandar Milovanovi\u0107, retired forensic technician, Kragujevac Police Administration, Ra\u010da Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Dejan Stevanovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Smederevo Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Miodrag Mandi\u0107, retired police colonel, Police Internal Control Sector<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sla\u0111an Kosti\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, UKP, UGP<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bo\u0161ko Nikoli\u0107, sergeant first class, Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Arsenije Stankovi\u0107, retired police colonel, Security Directorate of the Yugoslav Army General Staff, head of section, former defence attach\u00e9 of the FRY to the People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">\u017darko \u0110enisijevi\u0107, retired lieutenant colonel \u2013 helicopter pilot, 204th Air Brigade<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladan Veljkovi\u0107, retired police sergeant first class, Gendarmerie, Novi Sad Detachment<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag \u0106etkovi\u0107, former police captain, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Vladan Bogdanovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant, inspector for combating economic crime related to fires and accidents, Po\u017earevac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mladen Korica, retired police lieutenant colonel, Novi Sad Criminal Police<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Novak Baki\u0107, retired police official, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Mioljub \u017divkovi\u0107, retired police official, \u0160abac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Arsi\u0107, retired police official, \u0160abac Police Administration \u2013 Mali Zvornik Police Station<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Mladenovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, chief adviser, Ni\u0161 SUP, UBPOK, UKP, BIA<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Pavle Hedjesi, journalist and retired shift leader, one of the founders of the trade union movement in the Ministry of Interior<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Milica Dejanovi\u0107, retired police captain, Sremska Mitrovica Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Baj\u010deta Vukadin, retired police captain, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Novica Resimi\u0107, retired criminal investigator, \u0160abac Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nenad Markovi\u0107, retired colonel, Serbian Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Nemanja Boljanovi\u0107, police senior sergeant, Border Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bo\u0161ko Arsenijevi\u0107, former police lieutenant colonel, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Fikret Turkovi\u0107, retired senior sergeant first class, COPO, Novi Sad Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Sa\u0161a Gosi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Border Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Bogdan Kosanovi\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, Criminal Police Directorate, Belgrade City Police Administration, Gendarmerie Command<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Predrag Radosavljevi\u0107, retired senior independent associate, BIA<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Lazar Ne\u0161i\u0107, former head of the National Forensic Centre, Criminal Police Directorate<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&amp;&gt;p]:mb-1\">Radan Jelu\u0161i\u0107, retired police lieutenant colonel, SKOR<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6>21 October 2026 until 13.00 h<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, the undersigned, call on all our colleagues in the police and the security services to remain faithful to the Constitution, the law and their professional duty at this moment of deep political 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