Stefanovic: Help to young Roma for employment in police

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic announced support to young Roma citizens wishing to apply for employment in the police.

Late on Wednesday, Stefanovic conferred with representatives of the Police Officers Association 'European Police Officers of Roma Nationality' concerning integration of members of the Roma minority into the Serbian MUP.

We want to encourage young Roma men and women to apply for positions in the police, the minister said and noted that Roma applicants will get assistance in the preparations for applying to the call by the Centre for Basic Police Training in Sremska Mitrovica.

The Serbian MUP and the Police Officers Association 'European Police Officers of Roma Nationality' are implementing the project entitled 'Inclusion of Roma men and women into the security sector - toward higher turnout for basic police training', with the support by the Serbian government Office for Human and Minority Rights.

Stefanovic noted that through the project, the Ministry wishes to alleviate all aggravating factors and make it possible for the candidates to have equal conditions for applying for basic police training.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic (archive)