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ROMANIA’S LOCAL POLICE. CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS CCASP

2. ROMANIA’S LOCAL POLICE. CURRENT ISSUES

When the Law of Local Police (no 155, 1 January 2011) was approved, the Community Police in Romania
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became history, and was replaced by the Local Police. The new institution formed has additional powers
after it took a number of departments from the City Hall.

Romania’s local police duties are to protect the fundamental rights and freedom of individuals, private and
public property, prevention and detection of crime, in the areas of the public order and security of goods,

driving on public roads, construction discipline and advertising panels, environment protection,
entrepreneurship, accounting of, and other areas established by law (Law no. 155/12.07.2010 local police,
Chapter. I, art. 1).

Thus, since 2011, the local police is the institution that shall ensure compliance with legal regulations on

discipline construction, environmental protection, advertising and commerce.

The new functions listed above, will be managed by three newly created services within the Local Police:
30 th – 31 st October 2015 ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” Bucharest Construction Discipline and Street Advertising Service, Environment Protection Service and Commercial

Inspection Service.

Construction Discipline and Street Advertising Service

When it comes to discipline in constructions and street advertising, some of the tasks that local police will
have to meet are: carrying out checks to identify work done without planning permission or termination,

as appropriate, including temporary constructions, carrying out checks to identify persons who do not
comply with permit repair works of the roadway and pedestrian, participates in the demolition / dismantling

/ construction undertaken without authorization on public or private unit / administrative-territorial
subdivision or the spaces under management authorities of local government or other institutions / local
public services by providing perimeter protection and freedom of action of the staff involved in these

specific operations; notes, where applicable, according to duties established by law, violations of
discipline in the permitting execution construction works and submit the minutes of establishing
contraventions, to sanction, to the head of the specialist coordinate the planning and, where appropriate,

to the county council president, mayor of the administrative- territorial or municipal sector Bucharest in
whose jurisdiction the offense was committed or the person authorized by them, legal compliance checks
on display advertising, campaign posters and other forms of display / advertising, including those relating

to the company 's location at the place of business .

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