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<p>Several terrorist attacks have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 21st century, and all the security agencies in the country are dealing with the prevention and counteraction of terrorism. Training of police officers is conducted in three different training centres, and law enforcement officers have an average of 25 working weeks of basic police training. The main goal of this paper is to examine the representation of the topics of prevention and counterterrorism in the curricula of basic/entry police training conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH). The results obtained revealed that it is possible for a police officer (policeman) or criminal inspector to not have had a single lesson on the topic of terrorism during their training.</p>
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Several terrorist attacks have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 21st century, and all the security agencies in the country are dealing with the prevention and counteraction of terrorism. Training of police officers is conducted in three different training centres, and law enforcement officers have an average of 25 working weeks of basic police training. The main goal of this paper is to examine the representation of the topics of prevention and counterterrorism in the curricula of basic/entry police training conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH). The results obtained revealed that it is possible for a police officer (policeman) or criminal inspector to not have had a single lesson on the topic of terrorism during their training.

Rethinking the Basic Police Training Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES

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Several terrorist attacks have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 21st century, and all the security agencies in the country are dealing with the...

Rethinking the Basic Police Training Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 49 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.3

Keywords
Law enforcement, training policy, terrorism, Bosnia and Herzegovina

© 2022 Milica Sikimić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Rethinking the Basic Police Training Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 49 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.3

KeywordsLaw enforcement, training policy, terrorism, Bosnia and Herzegovina

© 2022 Milica Sikimić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Law enforcement, training policy, terrorism, Bosnia and Herzegovina