Dejan Kink, 1980, began his career in the police force in 1995, when he enrolled in the Secondary Police School in Tacen. He graduated in 1999 as the year's valedictorian. He received an award from the then Director-General of the Police for his outstanding achievements during his studies. After graduation, he joined the Brežice Police Station, where, following his probationary period, he served as a police officer and a senior police officer.
He studied law at the Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, part-time while working, and established himself as a top-class athlete in jiu-jitsu. Between 2000 and 2005, he won the European title, two silver medals at European Championships and a bronze medal at the World Championships.
Throughout his career, he performed different operational, analytical and leadership duties at various levels within the police force. In 2008, he took on his first leadership role as the shift supervisor at the Krško Traffic Police Station, before continuing his career at the Operational and Communications Centre of the Krško Police Directorate and in the Office of the Director of the Krško Police Directorate as a police inspector and analyst. In 2010, he took over the leadership of the department, and following the merger with the Novo mesto Police Directorate in 2011, became head of the Department for Internal Investigations and Supervision at the Novo mesto Police Directorate.
From 2018 to 2026, he led the Air Police Unit within the Directorate for Police Specialities at the General Police Directorate.
He has received several police awards; including the Bronze, Silver and Gold Police Shields, and the plaque of the Ministry of the Interior in 2025.
Dejan Kink was appointed Director of the Novo mesto Police Directorate on 1 July 2026.