Law enforcement in Slovakia

Logo of the Police Corps of the Republic of Slovakia
A Slovak Police Force car in Slovakia

Law enforcement in Slovakia is divided among various agencies under the Slovak ministries of Interior, Justice, Traffic, Defense, Finance and local governments within the Republic.[1] The Slovak Secret Service (Slovenská informačná služba), one out of four secret services in the country, also lists among its tasks those usually reserved for the police force, for example fighting against organized crime and computer crime, Slovakia also features voluntary police without any extra rights.

Civil policing responsibilities are shared between the state and local level: in addition to the Slovak police Force (Policajný zbor Slovenskej republiky), various municipal police forces exist. Other forces include the military police, railway police, finance police, various special forces units divided between numerous ministries and others. As of 2012, there were 21,407 state policemen serving in Slovakia, with 2,500 municipal policemen and 750 voluntary citizens, which is three times the number of policemen in the comparatively similar Finland.[2]

  1. ^ "Interpol". Interpol.int. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Počtom policajtov sme veľmoc (We are a superpower in terms of the number of policemen)". SME. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.