6. IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER BY COMBATING VIOLENCE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON VIOLENCE AT SPORTS EVENTS, IN SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC PLACES Maintaining a stability of public peace and order6 is based on the efficient functioning of the police, through everyday work, balanced spatial and temporal engagement in public places, protection of citizens and property, while respecting the security priorities and the needs of citizens and local communities. Security risks that could endanger a stability of public peace and order refer to the emergence and presence of physical and other forms of violence in public places, public gatherings, sports events and school areas. In this regard, we will intensify the activities aimed at preventing violence in public places, in particular at preventing the offences committed by persons under the influence of psychoactive substances and alcohol, and the activities of protecting pupils and school areas. Policing priority will be based on the development of community policing concept and the aspiration to engage other relevant partners and stakeholders in the implementation of security-related prevention; supporting broader social activities for the promotion of human and minority rights and strengthening tolerance; support in the process of police planning and decision-making primarily through the police intelligence model, as well as the full implementation of the Law on Private Security, so that in the coming period the private security sector could become a partner to the police in maintaining the security of citizens and property and maintaining a stability of public peace and order. Bearing all this in mind, we will insist on continuous training of police officers along with the constant improvement of material and technical equipment to strengthen the police capacity for efficient maintenance of public peace and order, while seeking to prevent and control the security risks and threats that may disturb public public peace and order to a smaller or larger extent, in cooperation with other social actors, citizens and community. 6 Outcome indicators Baseline 2018 2019 2020 2021 Number of incidents at sporting events In the period 2011 - 2015, there were 1503 criminal offences referred to in Article 344 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia, 191 misdemeanours referred to in Articles 21 and 23 of the Law on Prevention of Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and 1636 misdemeanours under the Law on Public Peace and Order, relating to sports events Maintaining a favourable security situation with the trend of reducing the number of incidents at sports events Maintaining a favourable security situation with the trend of reducing the number of incidents at sports events Maintaining a favourable security situation with the trend of reducing the number of incidents at sports events Maintaining a favourable security situation with the trend of reducing the number of incidents at sports events Summary of the classified version of the Strategic Police Plan for the period 2018 – 2021 Strategic Police Plan 2018 – 2021 11