14.09.2012.
Day of the Military Police marked
Marking the 14th September – the day of the military police in the war room of the old General a celebration was held for members of the service, to commemorate the establishment of the Military Police of the former Yugoslav People's Army in 1955.On the occasion, Chief of the Military Police Brigadier General Dejan Jankovic, addressing the audience, said that the military police in Serbia has existed for over 57 years and recalled that the first written record of service date back to the period of the Principality of Serbia.
Since then, the military police have been the elite of the army, which is a great honor and obligation. With conscientious, responsible and professional approach to all the tasks in the previous year, we sought to improve and maintain safety of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Army, General Jankovic said, adding that the adoption of several new regulations in the past rounded up normative-legal regulation which created favorable conditions for the efficient operation of the service.The ceremony was attended by CHOD Lt. Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Army of Serbia and the Interior Ministry.
As a sign of successful cooperation, on the occasion of the Military Police, members of the organizational units of the MUP, BIA, VBA and VOA were awarded acknowledgments and medals.Military police are military and police authorities under the command of the Army of Serbia and part of the Ministry of Defence and Military Police units, which carry out military and police operations and public safety.
Military police are responsible for crime prevention, control, and maintenance of military discipline and order and securing major military facilities. Their tasks also include securing of people, documents, weapons, military regulation and control of road traffic and anti-terrorist protection.Traditionally, the Military Police of the Army of Serbia, organized, a voluntary blood donation, where 49 members of the service of the Belgrade garrison donated the most precious liquid at the MMA Transfusion Institute.
