Notice and Recommendations from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton for Citizens

(Patria) - These days, an extremely large number of calls from citizens are being directed to the Operations Center of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Administration, and in this regard, they have informed the public that, in addition to the Operations Center numbers, 033/206-666, 033/207-777, and the emergency number 122, you can also call the Sarajevo Canton police for matters within their jurisdiction based on local jurisdiction numbers available on our website, such as:

FIRST POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Old Town Police Station          033/532-000,   033/283-101  or   033/283-100

SECOND POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Centar Police Station               033/206-000,   033/283-201  or   033/283-200

THIRD POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Novo Sarajevo Police Station  033/650-000,   033/283-301  or   033/283-300

FOURTH POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Novi Grad Police Station          033/474-000 or 033/451-211

Dobrinja Police Station            033/451-020 or 033/407-950

Rajlovac Police Department       033/407-220

FIFTH POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Ilidža Police Station                 033/639-000 or 033/234-261

SIXTH POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Hadžići Police Station              033/422-000 or 033/256-365

Trnovo Police Station               033/439-000

SEVENTH POLICE ADMINISTRATION

Ilijaš Police Station                  033/401-000 or 033/400-259

Vogošća Police Station            033/430-000 or 033/580-800

"It is recommended to call the Operations Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton Police Administration for the most urgent calls and in situations where it is truly necessary, and for competent police administrations according to the needs that fall under the jurisdiction of the locally competent police administrations, i.e., police stations and criminal police departments within the police administrations.

We have also recorded a very large number of calls during which citizens informed us that certain services of individual bodies, institutions, or institutes, especially in connection with the current epidemiological situation and necessary instructions, are allegedly not responding to citizen calls, after which citizens call the police and ask the police for clarifications or exceptions to certain orders from competent authorities. Therefore, we emphasize at this time that the police enforce the adopted orders, in accordance with their authority, and it is not within the police's jurisdiction to interpret or amend any decision or order.

In this regard, we appeal to all competent authorities to undertake activities within their jurisdiction, but also to citizens, whom we ask for collective patience and understanding, and to try to reduce their calls to the police as much as possible to those issues that are truly within the police's scope, thereby further increasing the efficiency and speed of police action for matters within its jurisdiction and reducing unnecessary burden on individual police services.

Given that a certain number of cases have been recorded where employers submit data on employees whose work is organized in shifts, or lists of employees, to the Police Administration, it is necessary to emphasize that this is not required, as we have provided clear instructions that the employer issues a confirmation to the employee, which they can show to a police officer for inspection in case of a check.

We particularly emphasize that confirmations are issued only to those employees whose work is exclusively necessary during the movement ban, with the aim of maintaining the continuity of activities related to shift work, and possessing a confirmation does not exempt an individual from criminal liability if it is determined that they have misused it.

We remind you that the police commissioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton has made a decision to suspend the use of annual leave for police officers, as well as a series of instructional acts on the conduct of police officers during the declared disaster caused by the occurrence and spread of coronavirus, all with the aim of performing police duties and tasks, as well as orders and decisions of competent authorities, at the highest possible level, which would ultimately contribute to the protection of people's lives and health, as well as their property," it was announced from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton.