Protection of People and Premises

Security and Protection Office plans, organises, coordinates, manages, executes and supervises physical, preventive-operational and technical security for people and premises which are stipulated in a governmental Regulation.

The basic task of Security and Protection Office is providing security for specific protected people and premises against all forms of threats. Optimal security for specific people and premises is provided in a combination of security measures of preventative-operational nature, and technical and physical security measures. This section also includes a systematic selection, treatment and analysis of data and information on everything that could affect the security for specific people or premises. The end result is an evaluation on the threat level for a person or a premise which is the base for planning the amount and the type of security measures required in a specific situation.

The task of the Office is to provide security for specific people, premises and vicinities of premises in accordance with the Regulation on protecting of specific persons, bodies, premises and vicinity of premises, used by state agencies (Official Gazette of the RS no. 103/2000):

• the president or the head of a state on an official visit,
• the president of the Republic of Slovenia, the president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, and their spouses,
• the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence and the Minister of the Interior,
• the president of the National Council, the president of the Constitutional Court, the president of the Supreme Court, other ministers, the General State Prosecutor and the Director of Slovene Intelligence and Security Agency,
• former President of the Republic,
• presidential candidates protected from the time their candidacy is announced until the president of the republic is elected,
• other higher representatives of foreign countries and international organisations,
• premises and vicinities of premises in which there is the seat of the President of the Republic, National Assembly, National Council, Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior,
• premises – seats of diplomatic and consular posts and missions of international organisations,
• other state officials, premises and vicinities of premises if an actual threat is present.

Security of People

The Security of Persons Section is, in accordance with the Regulation on protecting of specific persons, bodies, premises and vicinity of premises, responsible for the security of the highest representatives of national and foreign governments.

The security is carried out by security guards who are trained for these tasks under special programmes.

Security of people includes special section of security measures within the framework of so called personal security. These tasks are carried out by police officers – security guards who have to, aside from the basic knowledge obtained in the educational process in becoming police officers, muster a series of other knowledge and skills obtained during the training process. They have to also possess specific personal characteristics that are necessary for a successful and effective work performance.

The basis task of a security guard is to prevent an attack or other forms of threats on the person protected. Aside from this, a security guard / he must also prevent other, for the person protected, intruding acts. The security is carried out while the protected person is performing its official activity as well as during its private activities. The number of security guards to be engaged in providing security for a specific person depends on the evaluation of a threat.

Direct physical security of national and foreign protected persons is the task of the Physical Security of Persons Division within which a group of uniformed police officers operates which follow security convoys, whereas the President's Security Division and Prime Minister’s Security Division plans and implements tasks for providing security for the President of the Republic and for the President of the Government.

Security of Premises

For providing security for specific premises, a wide spectrum of security measures is required. The foundation for planning and carrying out security measures is the evaluation of a threat on the basis of which the number and the type of security measures is specified and aplan for providing security for a premise prepared. All security measures required for providing security for a specific premise are defined in the security plan.

Physical security of a premise is carried out by a patrol, an observation service and guard service or within a framework of so called internal security of a premise. The manner in which the physical security is implemented depends on the evaluation of a threat. Security of Premises Section plans, organises, coordinates, professionally directs and supervises the implementation of duties arising within its field of work in the internal organisational units of the Section, as well as develops security plans for premises stipulated in the Regulation and cooperates with the personnel responsible for security of the protected premises.

Internal Security of premises: The police officers of the Internal Security of Premises Division protect premises of specific government bodies which are of special importance for the Republic of Slovenia. The field of work that covers the security of premises includes all three forms of security: preventative-operational, technical and physical security.

External Security of premises: The police officers of the External Security of Premises Division protect premises with various types of work, namely with direct physical security, security with police patrols, with observation service and with preventative checks of the premises’ surroundings.

Police officers may organise and carry out external physical security for premises of government bodies, for residential premises of the protected people, for premises of foreign diplomatic and consular posts and residencies, for protocol premises of the government and for residential premises of foreign protected people during their visits to the Republic of Slovenia. Their tasks are defined in security plans developed on the basis of the Regulation on protecting of specific persons, premises and vicinity of premises, used by state agencies.

Operational-Preventative Security

Prevention and operational security for specific people and premises is managed by the Operational and Preventative Security Section within the Security and Protection Office. By implementing a wide spectrum of various security measures, it provides for complete plans for providing security for specific protected people.

Operational security: Personnel of the Operational Security Division plan the security for national protected people and for foreign state representatives and for representatives of international organisations while visiting Slovenia since, in order to provide optimal security for the protected person, various security measures are required.

Inspection of premises for preparing and storing food is one of the measures with which appropriate hygiene and health-technical conditions in manufacturing and sale of food is provided for. This also enables the discovering of substances that could endanger the health of the protected people.

Preventative security: Personnel of the Preventative Security Division collect, analyse and evaluate data and information on the threat of specific people and premises. On the basis of the data collected, they prepare an evaluation of a threat which is the basis for planning security measures.

Work coordination: Implementing security measures and the duties of internal organisational units of the Security and Protection Office at the General Police Directorate must be harmonised, for which the personnel of the Work Coordination Division is responsible 24 hours a day.

Training and Support

Various training programmes for all personnel of the Security and Protection Office are prepared by the Training and Support Section. The programmes provide a high level of competence of the Office’s personnel for a direct performance of all security measures.

Security guard candidates

This Section also prepares programmes for training security guard candidates. Security guard candidates have to undergo a six-month-long training which includes the following thematic sections:

• Personal security tactic,
• Security planning,
• Driving technique,
• Shooting,
• Practical procedure for subduing a person
• Bomb protection,
• First-aid course,
• Training for transport with a helicopter,
• Intelligence and counter-intelligence security,
• Exercises in communication, team development, problem solving, planning, organisation,
• Basics of psychology,
• Preliminary and operational tasks,
• Protocol,
• Psycho-physical preparation,
• Practical exercises and simulations,
• Analyses of various attacks on the protected people.

Tactics

Driving

Self-defence

Technical security: For planning and implementing technical security of premises, the most modern alarms and video surveillance systems and mechanical security systems are used. In a combination of all mentioned systems, personnel of the Technical Security Division may survey an area and become aware of an unauthorised entry into premises or specific areas.