Being a police officer in a country ruled by a judicial mafia

Written by: Rasim Belko

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I arrest them at 1 PM, I haven't even finished the report, and at 1:30 PM they are walking freely and bringing flowers to the prosecutor. One of those police officers who can be said to have been born for the job told me this a few years ago.

When asked why they don't react, he replied, "then we are the problem, not the criminals."

And indeed, in the time that followed, facts from numerous events confirmed the story of a criminal returning to the prosecutor with flowers in his hands. And flowers quickly grow into some other 'signs of attention'.

There are numerous prosecutors who have more assets than the criminals they prosecute, and no one asks how.

Therefore, everyone should ask themselves how to be a good guardian of social order in a country where the judiciary is the leading mafia?

That police officer is nowhere near paid for the role he has in Bosnian society. His equipment is more of a hindrance than a help. The laws have tied his hands, and they are forcing him to enforce the law. His commander was chosen by political will, so even if he has information about certain crimes, he is forced to remain silent because the criminal is the commander's friend or political mentor. He goes to work every day, and neither he nor his family are sure if he will return.

A society in which police officers are treated in such a way cannot be anything other than criminogenic and corrupt to the core of its being.

Because of such a society, the case of Tarik Omerović, an awarded and honorable police officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tuzla Canton, happened to us, who made only one 'mistake' - he arrested the husband of the deputy chief prosecutor of Tuzla Canton. And all this in front of her eyes.

And the gods of Bosnian society, among whom prosecutors are counted, do not want some policeman to be able to arrest them. Such prosecutors did not fight for a society in which a police officer has the right to identify and arrest anyone who behaves contrary to legal norms.

They are, after all, the owners of the system and want to be treated as deities.

And police officer Tarik, as he is, professional and uncompromising, has no mercy. He will arrest his father too if he does not behave in accordance with the law.

Police officer Omerović did not know that adhering strictly to the law and police regulations would lead him to prison. And that is precisely the epilogue of his behavior in accordance with the service he performs.

Prosecutor Mirzeta Begić, clearly upset by the fact that she and her husband are not protected from the letter of the law, launches an action, and arrogantly, as all our officials behave, launches an action to exert force on police officer Tarik Omerović.

The rest of the story will be known later. The court confirmed the indictment, Tarik is now waiting for a trial on a 'fabricated indictment' by the prosecutor who is hunting 'disobedient' police officers, instead of hunting criminals.

This time, reason did not betray the public, or rather, reason did not betray the public. The media, citizens, and fellow police officers stood behind Tarik Omerović, though not all of them. Only the union members betrayed him, who even called certain media outlets to delete their statements, and then held a session from which they did not support their colleague in a single sentence.

But we are used to that in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Police officers are also used to problems arising when you 'mess with the wrong people'.

Political and judicial gangsters are the worst group to 'mess with'. Because the former write and the latter read and enforce the laws. They often adapt them too, depending on who brings them what 'flowers'.

Therefore, after the Tuzla case, it is impossible not to wonder, what if the Sarajevo police officers Adis Šehović and Davor Vujinović 'messed' a little too much with political-judicial gangsters.

It's worth thinking about!