Law enforcement in Slovenia
| Slovenian Police | |
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Logo of the Slovenian Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1991 |
| Employees | 8,517 (2016) |
| Annual budget | 257,000,000€ |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Size | 20,273 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,063,077 (2014) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Generalna policijska uprava, Štefanova 2, 1501 Ljubljana |
| Sworn members | 6,928 (2016) |
| Civilians | 1,044 (2016) |
| Minister responsible | Vesna Györkös Žnidar, Ministry of the Interior |
| Agency executive | Marjan Fank, Director General |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 111 |
| Website | |
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Law enforcement in Slovenia is governed by the Slovenian Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the responsibility of the Slovenian National Police force, which is composed of the 8 police directorates in Celje, Koper, Kranj, Ljubljana, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica, and Novo Mesto. The police force maintains a number of international partnerships with foreign police forces, including training with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and involvement in Albania and Kosovo with the Multinational Advisory Police Element. The Slovenian police force was admitted to Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on 24 March 1992.
The Slovenian National Police force operates under the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior at three levels, local, general and regional, and is headquartered in Ljubljana. Slovenia is divided into 8 police directorates which control 111 police stations, all of which come under the jurisdiction of the Director General of the Police. In addition to this regular police force, Slovenia also employs the Specialna Enota Policije, utilised for Counter-Terrorism and other high-risk tasks that are too dangerous or too difficult for regular police units.
The Slovenian Police has suffered from chronic underfunding and under-staffing in recent years, due to the public sector's Intervention Measures Act of 2010/11 and the Fiscal Balance Act of 2012. Consequently a department-wide emergency hiring-freeze was implemented. With combined retirements and unscheduled quittings of many officers due to low salaries, poor benefits and working conditions, the police force lost over 1,000 officers with no replacements being made between the years 2010 and 2015. The hiring freeze was lifted in early January 2015.
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