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Maximum efforts to ensure traffic safety
Belgrade,
4 September 2010
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic stated today that road traffic safety will be among the most important tasks in the upcoming period.
Author:
Fonet
Speaking at the Traffic Police Day celebration held in Makis training centre, Dacic stressed that this is the first time that the traffic police is marking its day, announcing that every effort will be made to ensure road traffic safety, particularly for children.
Compared to the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents during the first eight months of this year fell by 32% and fatalities in accidents by 34%, he underlined.
Cooperation with the traffic police of EU countries and participation in international associations is an important part of the work of the traffic police, noted Dacic.
Besides ensuring traffic safety the daily duties of traffic officers also include crime fighting and maintaining public order, he observed.
Dacic highlighted the importance of the continuation of reforms and the modernisation of the traffic police department, and of continuing harmonisation with European and international standards in road traffic safety.
Dacic presented plaques to families of traffic officers who died in the line of duty. Promotions and salary increases were awarded to outstanding officers.
Head of the traffic police department Dragisa Simic said that more than 5,000 traffic officers are working to ensure road traffic safety.
Compared to the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents during the first eight months of this year fell by 32% and fatalities in accidents by 34%, he underlined.
Cooperation with the traffic police of EU countries and participation in international associations is an important part of the work of the traffic police, noted Dacic.
Besides ensuring traffic safety the daily duties of traffic officers also include crime fighting and maintaining public order, he observed.
Dacic highlighted the importance of the continuation of reforms and the modernisation of the traffic police department, and of continuing harmonisation with European and international standards in road traffic safety.
Dacic presented plaques to families of traffic officers who died in the line of duty. Promotions and salary increases were awarded to outstanding officers.
Head of the traffic police department Dragisa Simic said that more than 5,000 traffic officers are working to ensure road traffic safety.
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