ABSTRACT
Eorts to develop a more professional police service are common to all societies. However, achieving such a goal requires substantial changes to be made to the professional culture of the police. is is especially true in postsocialist countries where the police are facing even greater degrees of change than any Western police force. A changing society also requires changes to
Introduction 87 Research on Policing before 1991 90 Post-1991 Research on Policing 93 Basic and On-the-Job Training 94
Professionalism and Ethics in Policing 95 Issues on Legitimacy and Ethics 99 Police Integrity 100 Police Deviance 101 Police Cynicism-A Key Obstacle on the Path to Police Professionalism? 103
Concluding Remarks and Challenges for the Future 104 References 106
the police and to their practices. Currently, one of the more popular policing philosophies is that of community policing, which has been incorporated into the mission and vision of many police forces worldwide. Community policing, as performed in the United States and the United Kingdom, has been tested in post-communist countries. e results of research (Beck, 2004; Meško and Lobnikar, 2005) have indicated numerous obstacles and dilemmas in its implementation. e main problem is still the transposing of foreign models of community policing without carefully adapting and changing them to t the local (legal and cultural) conditions (Beck, 2004; Meško and Lobnikar, 2005). Contemporary policing is not only limited to community policing but also consists of the activities of other law enforcement policing agencies such as CID and other specialized police units. In order to better understand the present state of policing in Slovenia we will outline the origins of Slovenian policing, from a historical point of view, as well highlighting the contemporary priorities of the senior management of the Slovenian police.
