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

At national level the National Federation of Local Police in Romania was established in late 2007 as a

legal entity of private law, civil society component, independent, non-governmental, nonprofit.

The original name was National Federation of Community Police, and it was established in Drobeta Turnu
Severin and consisted of 11 members. Subsequently Federation headquarters was moved to Brasov, and

the number of members increased to 24.

Currently (2013) the headquarters of the Romanian National Federation of Local Police is located in
Brasov. Its president is Mr. Găzdac C. Florian, General Manager of Local Police from Satu Mare.

The Romanian National Federation of Local Police was formed to organize a single structure of

professional representation, supporting and defending the common interests of its members at national,
regional and local level and internationally, in relations with public authorities central and local state
institutions, employers, trade unions and non-governmental organizations or any other legal entity, in

order to promote the image and to lift the local police prestige.

The Romanian National Federation of Local Police is actively campaigning to improve the legislative
framework aimed at the interests of the local police institution, in accordance with national and

international laws. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11 TH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” 30 th – 31 st October 2015, Bucharest

In order to achive the purposes for which it was established, the Federation developed strategies,
statistics, studies, draft legislation, codes of conduct, protocols and other tools to regulate or support

relationships between those involved so that they better align with the standards and European realities
in the field.

According to Law no. 155/2010, local police has a number of responsibilities in the following areas:

? public order and security of goods: maintain the public order in established places, near schools,
health units, providing security for goods and objectives owned or administrated by local
authorities, etc.

? road traffic control: safe road traffic from the territorial jurisdiction; notes offenses and applies
penalties for violation of laws on stopping, illegal parking of vehicles, etc.

? construction discipline and street advertising: carry out checks to identify unauthorised

construction works, verify legal compliance on displaing advertisements, campaign posters and
other forms of displaing;

? environmental protection: enforcing legal provisions on conditions for lifting, transport and

storage of waste, notify the competent authorities on breaches of law related to pollution, etc.

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