Police organisation
Ravnateljstvo policije
The Croatian police directorate within the interior ministry, operating through regional police administrations, with a police academy and a forensic centre among its units.
At a glance
- Official name
- Ravnateljstvo policije
- Commonly rendered in English as
- Police Directorate, Croatia — a rendering in common use, not the organisation’s own name.
- System
- Croatia
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- National police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://policija.gov.hr/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 13 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 13 September 2026
What it is
The Ravnateljstvo policije sits within the Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova and is headed by a Director General. It operates through regional police administrations (policijske uprave), and its units include a Police Academy and a centre for forensic examination. Its statutory task list — the djelokrug — sits on a further page that served navigation only, so this entry establishes what the body is and where it sits, and not what the law requires of it.
What it covers
Croatia, through regional police administrations.
Broad responsibilities
- Directing the Croatian police through regional police administrations
Who it answers to
Within the Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Croatia is structured, against other systems
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
Ravnateljstvo policije — official site
Ravnateljstvo policije, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova (Croatia) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: the Croatian Police Directorate only. Its own site, read directly. Supports the official name "Ravnateljstvo policije"; that it sits within the Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova; that it is headed by a Director General; and that it operates through regional police administrations (policijske uprave) with a Police Academy and a forensic centre among its units. The DJELOKRUG — the statement of its statutory tasks — sits on a further page that served navigation only, so no task list is claimed here.