The use of coercive measures in the police work: with the example of PU Ljubljana and PU Maribor

Diplomsko delo prinaša vpogled v organizacijo policije, delo policistov in policijska pooblastila. V začetku diplomskega dela je podrobneje opredeljena organizacijska struktura policije. V delu se podrobneje seznanimo z različnimi zakoni, pravilniki in pooblastili, na katere so policisti vezani pri svojem delu. Osrednji del naloge predstavljajo prisilna sredstva, ki jih policisti uporabljajo pri opravljanju svojih nalog. Tako so v delu podrobneje opisana prisilna sredstva na način: kaj so, kakšne vrste prisilnih sredstev poznamo, kdaj jih lahko policisti uporabijo, proti katerim skupinam jih ne smejo uporabiti, v katerih primerih je obvezna uporaba milejšega prisilnega sredstva itn. V raziskovalnem delu nas je zanimala uporaba telesne sile na območju PU Ljubljana, uporaba sredstev za vklepanje in vezanje na območju PU Maribor in primerjava uporabe telesne sile med tema dvema policijskima upravama. V Zaključku pridemo do ugotovitve, da se uporaba telesne sile na območju PU Ljubljana zmanjšuje, kot tudi uporaba sredstev za vklepanje in vezanje na območju PU Maribor. Primerjava med upravama, ki je bila opravljena na podlagi statističnih podatkov, je pokazala, da so na območju PU Ljubljana v petletnem obdobju večkrat uporabljali telesno silo kot na območju PU Maribor. Skozi diplomsko delo smo tako spoznali, da bo treba uvesti nekaj konkretnih rešitev, kot so: daljše izobraževanje policistov začetnikov, specializirana izobraževanja na področju uporabe telesne sile za sedanje policiste, uvedba tehničnega sredstva - snemalne naprave, ki bi predstavljale stalen nadzor nad izvajanjem policijskih pooblastil itn.The diploma paper gives insight into the organization of the police, the work of police officers, and police authorizations. At the beginning of the diploma paper, the organizational structure of the police is thoroughly described. The paper continues to discuss the various laws, regulations and authorizations that police officers are bound by in their work. The central part of the diploma paper addresses the coercive measures used by police officers while performing their duties. Thus, the coercive measures are described in detail in the following ways: what they are, what kinds of coercive measures can be distinguished, when police officers are allowed to use them, which groups they are not allowed to use them upon, in which cases the use of a milder coercive measure is obligatory, etc. In the empirical part three main interests are dealt with, namely the use of physical force in the PU Ljubljana area, the use of handcuffing and other restraints in the PU Maribor area and the comparison of the use of physical force between these two police directorates. It is presented in the conclusion that the use of physical force in the PU Ljubljana area has been decreasing, as well as the use of handcuffing and other restraints in the PU Maribor area. Comparison between these two areas, which was carried out on the basis of statistical data, has shown that during a five year period the physical force in the PU Ljubljana area was used more often than in the PU Maribor area. Moreover, the findings of the diploma paper show that some definite solutions will need to be introduced, such as: longer training of rookie police officers, specialized trainings in the areas of the usage of physical force for current police officers, introduction of technical resources - recording devices, which would represent constant control over performing police duties etc