Cabinet has today approved more competences for Military Police
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- Date: 17.10.2018
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Members of the SVK Military Police will have more competences. This ensues from the Military Police Amendment Act, which has today (17 October) been approved by the Security Council and the Cabinet. The Amendment Act introduces a number of changes, including sanction measures for unauthorised use of MP uniforms, badges and insignia.
Commenting on the changes, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš said: “Under the new arrangements, military policemen will have more competences when, for example, detaining persons who have illegally entered military facilities. In such cases, they will be empowered to proceed according to the Offences Act and initiate offence proceedings, as do policemen of the Slovak Police Corps, and to sanction persons in the ticket proceedings, which is not possible now. At present when policemen detain an unauthorised person at a military facility, all they can do is to escort him out of the military facility.”
Director of the SVK Military Police Col Michal Migát said: “I am convinced that the legislative amendments, which have been made in response to MP-related lessons learned from operations and incorporated into the Military Police Amendment Act, will create better conditions for the SVK Military Police, to protect MOD facilities and to perform the tasks arising out of international agreements which the Slovak Republic has committed to.”
The new legislation sets out the competences of MP personnel in escorting foreign military convoys transiting our territory in support of military exercises. The Amendment Act also empowers military policemen to detain the operator of an unmanned aerial system (drone) who has breached the perimeter security of a military installation and to terminate the flight of the drone. Once approved by Parliament, the Amendment Act is due to come into force on 1 April 2019.
At the same time, the Cabinet has today approved a document on the total numbers of SVK service personnel, employees and main types of military assets in the SVK Armed Forces, to meet national defence requirements and to deliver on the international agreements which the Slovak Republic is obliged to respect.
Members of the Cabinet also dealt with the NATO Defence Planning Capability Review (DPCR) 2017-2018, which is aligned to the NATO defence planning process and is conducted on a biannual basis. The DPCR 2017-2018 was discussed during the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers earlier in June 2018. It consists of three parts – Overview, Staff Analysis and Tables, whereas Staff Analysis and Tables are marked NATO RESTRICTED or higher by NATO, and this classification is applied by all Member States.
Commenting on the changes, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš said: “Under the new arrangements, military policemen will have more competences when, for example, detaining persons who have illegally entered military facilities. In such cases, they will be empowered to proceed according to the Offences Act and initiate offence proceedings, as do policemen of the Slovak Police Corps, and to sanction persons in the ticket proceedings, which is not possible now. At present when policemen detain an unauthorised person at a military facility, all they can do is to escort him out of the military facility.”
Director of the SVK Military Police Col Michal Migát said: “I am convinced that the legislative amendments, which have been made in response to MP-related lessons learned from operations and incorporated into the Military Police Amendment Act, will create better conditions for the SVK Military Police, to protect MOD facilities and to perform the tasks arising out of international agreements which the Slovak Republic has committed to.”
The new legislation sets out the competences of MP personnel in escorting foreign military convoys transiting our territory in support of military exercises. The Amendment Act also empowers military policemen to detain the operator of an unmanned aerial system (drone) who has breached the perimeter security of a military installation and to terminate the flight of the drone. Once approved by Parliament, the Amendment Act is due to come into force on 1 April 2019.
At the same time, the Cabinet has today approved a document on the total numbers of SVK service personnel, employees and main types of military assets in the SVK Armed Forces, to meet national defence requirements and to deliver on the international agreements which the Slovak Republic is obliged to respect.
Members of the Cabinet also dealt with the NATO Defence Planning Capability Review (DPCR) 2017-2018, which is aligned to the NATO defence planning process and is conducted on a biannual basis. The DPCR 2017-2018 was discussed during the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers earlier in June 2018. It consists of three parts – Overview, Staff Analysis and Tables, whereas Staff Analysis and Tables are marked NATO RESTRICTED or higher by NATO, and this classification is applied by all Member States.
