Croatian police members decorated by the president

by croatiaweek
September 30, 2020
in News

(Photo credit: Ured predsjednika Republike Hrvatske / Dario Andrišek)

ZAGREB, Sept 29 (Hina) – President Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday decorated 117 Interior Ministry employees on the occasion of Police Day.

The president said he supported the police in protecting the Croatian border, recalling the flow of refugees during his term as prime minister as well as today’s illegal migrations.

“You have my support in protecting the Croatian border because the real humanitarian need of people in trouble coming in their thousands is one thing, while the fiction that you have the right to come where you please at any moment is something else.”

(Photo credit: Ured predsjednika Republike Hrvatske / Dario Andrišek)

Milanovic said a police officer’s job was socially and politically but not party-oriented.

Since September 29 is International Police Day, he suggested that Croatian police could have their own day.

(Photo credit: Ured predsjednika Republike Hrvatske / Dario Andrišek)

(Photo credit: Ured predsjednika Republike Hrvatske / Dario Andrišek)

“You are the Croatian police and I’ve been wondering why we don’t have a police day that would reflect an important event from our recent history,” he said, adding that the Croatian police could observe the day they first lined up.

(Photo credit: Ured predsjednika Republike Hrvatske / Dario Andrišek)

Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said the past year was full of challenges, including prevention of illegal migrations and the spread of the coronavirus epidemic as well as dealing with the consequences of the earthquake which struck the Zagreb area in March.