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<\/a>\n\t\n\t\tThe parking lot in front of the Tilt<\/i> club, where the conflict between Vuki\u0107 and the security took place (Photo: CINS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThe police interviewed Milovan Tadi\u0107 who was suspected of having inflicted grave bodily harm. He was released having given a statement.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe investigation of the case is currently conducted by the Higher Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Belgrade. In the same building, in the premises of the Higher Court, a trial is conducted against persons who participated in the attack which ended in the death of Fedor Frimerman. Security of the Sound club was charged with beating Frimerman and his friends up in July 2013.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFrimerman died several months before, while Vuki\u0107 died two years after the passing of the Law on private security which was aimed at professionalization of this area, primarily through training and licensing of companies and employees. Adequate preparation was to prevent use of excessive force by persons many of whom train martial arts and may inflict severe injuries.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHowever, in Serbia there are still no records of all private security companies or employees. In public, the number of some 40,000 employees is frequently mentioned. From the passing of the Law to the end of January 2016, only 136 employees and two companies were licensed.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tResearch conducted by the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) indicates that the deadline for licensing \u2013 1 January 2017 \u2013 will be difficult to meet due to deadline shifting, late establishment of the examining body, the unresolved manner of testing employees outside Belgrade, and the unregulated issue of financing.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tRepresentatives of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) refused to talk with CINS journalists on this topic.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tSerbian Parliament adopted the Law on private security in November 2013 \u2013 till that time, there had been no regulations to determine the rules such companies and individuals should abide by. CINS already wrote about shortcomings of the law at that time.<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\tPredrag Petrovi\u0107, BCSP executive director, says that if a significantly large number of people were to be licensed in a short period of time, it would mean that something is wrong. (Photo: BCSP)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\u201cWith the number of people that should get licensed, it would be realistic that licensing is completed only in 2018\u201d, says Predrag Petrovi\u0107, BCSP executive director.<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\tEvery now and then, some security beats someone up, thrashes someone, or kills someone. You establish that this is actually not security, that these are just some guys doing these jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n\t \n\tProfessor Branislav Simonovi\u0107 from Kragujevac Law School Security Centre, which is licensed to train employees, says that observance of deadlines was not sufficiently insisted on.<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI got the license mostly because of my people, so I do not think I will be doing it for other entities\u2026 not only that the income is small, the responsibilities in relation to training of those people are also considerable\u201d, explained Milan Stojadinovi\u0107, owner of the company.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the Law on labour, the employer is obliged to provide professional training for employees, but companies dealing with security do not agree with this, due to significant costs, as well as the likelihood of trained employees leaving and starting working for another agency. However, the Law on labour provides the possibility of employees paying such training by themselves.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHaving in mind that licensing has still not been completed, the trend of employing people of different profiles as security, frequently with criminal past and aptitude for violence, continues. So far, the fact that security companies sometimes register only several employees while others work illegitimately has been recognized as another issue.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tMax BS Team is a little known company in the area of private security. Its employees got in public focus in 2013 due to the incident which took place in front of boat-restaurant Sound, when Fedor Frimerman lost his life.\n\tIssues with licenses<\/h2>\n
\n\tOne of major issues was related to the absence of by-laws which would facilitate full enforcement of the Law. Thus, the majority of by-laws were not adopted by May 2014, while the first training term was rescheduled from 5 June 2015 to January 2017.<\/p>\n
\n\tNeboj\u0161a Stefanovi\u0107, Minister of Interior, said during the Parliamentary debate on adoption of the Law that he expected that licensing would be completed before expiration of the new deadline.<\/p>\n
\n\tSome organizations which monitor this area, such as Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), did not agree with him then.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n\t
\n\tLicensing comprises several segments. The MoI first issues licenses to training centres, in line with their areas of expertise. Thus, training in first aid administering may be performed only by persons with high medical education of Red Cross trainers, while training in use of physical strength \u2013 self-defense is conducted by sport coaches.<\/p>\n
\n\tAfter training, employees take a professional examination before the examination board established by the MoI and are subjected to a security check. If they pass all tests with success, they get a license. A private security company may be issued a license only if a certain number of its employees have been licensed, which depends on the type of license they want.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe first licenses for training centres were issued in February 2015. By the end of January this year, there were 63 legal entities of the kind, with 21 more branches which were also licensed. However, according to MoI data, only 11 centres registered their trainees for the exam. By February 2016, 489 candidates passed the exam, while the MoI issued 136 licenses.<\/p>\n
\n\tCINS journalists talked to representatives of more than 30 centres, most of which have only just started, or which have not started training programmes yet. The reasons given include poor interest on part of employees, high prices, delayed passing of by-laws, as well as numerous other imponderables which accompanied the process. In opinion of many, at the moment it is not possible to meet these deadlines.<\/p>\n
\n\tExcept for this, some security workers did complete training but have not been issued licenses or taken the exam at the MoI yet. The examination board which tests knowledge and physical fitness is based in Belgrade and has not done any field work yet, which presents an issue for people who reside in other towns.<\/p>\n
\n\tAndrija Mumovi\u0107 from Bodyguard Centre in Sremska Kamenica, which is licensed to train candidates, says that it would be considerably cheaper and easier for candidates if the examination board did field work, at least in larger towns.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\tLengthy and expensive training<\/h2>\n
\n\tThe period from the beginning of training till the moment of obtaining a license may last for up to three months. Candidates decide whether they would be trained in risk assessment, physical, or technical protection. Physical security trainees need to attend 101 classes which means that training may not last for less than 17 days. Training was planned in groups of 15-40 trainees.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tMladen Kuribak<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\u201cIt is easy to calculate that it is not possible that all these people get licenses by the end of this year\u201d, says Simonovi\u0107.<\/p>\n
\n\tPredrag Petrovi\u0107 from BCCP explains that training was conceived with an ambitious curriculum, where no one is supposed not to attend, and that, as all these people are already employed, \u201cit is difficult to believe that a significant number of people will complete training.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe poor interest in licensing is partly due to high costs \u2013 the price of training, exam, and license fee amounts to between 20,000 and 40,000 dinars. Representatives of training centres say that the actual amount depends on the size of the group, but also on whether they train own or someone else\u2019s employees.<\/p>\n
\n\tCompanies such as GM Security decided to obtain license for training so as to train their employees. As they say, this move is most cost-effective for them, having the price in mind.<\/p>\n\n\tWho are the guys in Security tee-shirts?<\/h2>\n
\n\tOut of some 20 people who took part in the fight, four company employees were indicted \u2013 Denis Pavlov, Negomir Uro\u0161evi\u0107, Du\u0161an Davidovi\u0107 and Dejan Mihajlovi\u0107. Mihajlovi\u0107, who was deemed the \u201chead of security\u201d by the others, is out on pretrial release, and, according to the statement given to the court panel, is currently unemployed. The other three defendants have been in custody since July 2013.<\/p>\n