The Minister of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton (CS) Admir Katica and Deputy Police Commissioner Fatmir Hajdarević today, on the occasion of marking Sarajevo Canton Police Day, on April 6, visited memorials and paid tribute to killed and fallen police officers.
“Honorable women and men in police uniforms provided the first resistance to the aggressor by bravely defending their fellow citizens. We must not forget any of them. It is our duty, for the sake of new generations, to transmit their voice of courage, determination and patriotism. We also remember Mahmut with the greatest reverence Trako, Elvedin Madeško, Muhidin Pivodić, Davor Vujinović and Adis Šehović, who gave their lives performing honorable police duty in the period after the aggression,” said Katica.
Congratulating Police Day, the minister said that it is the duty of all decision-makers to improve the working conditions of police officers.
“To the question of how we see our police today and tomorrow, we have unequivocal answers: as brave, professional, daring, equipped, modern, ready – the best,” said Katica.
Congratulation on the occasion of CS Police Day was also sent by the deputy police commissioner, chief inspector Fatmir Hajdarević.
“When we decided to call the police – we decided to put ourselves at the service of citizens, to protect their lives, property and guaranteed freedoms. We are proud of our choice. We have shown even in times of aggression, rebuilding of our city and homeland, pandemic and other challenges that we are ready to respond to all tasks in the service of protecting peace, legal order and order,” Hajdarević pointed out.
As part of the celebration of CS Police Day, a demonstration exercise was performed by members of the Special Police Unit, the Intervention Police Unit and the Operational Support Unit at the base of the Police Support Sector.
Delegations from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Police Administration laid flowers at the memorials of the murdered police officers Davor Vujinović, Adis Šehović and Muhidin Pivodić, as well as at the burial places of Mahmut Trako and Elvedin Madeško.
At the same time, tributes were paid at the Martyr’s Cemetery Kovaci and the grave of the first President of RBiH Alija Izetbegović, as well as in front of the ‘Eternal Flame’, the Memorial to the murdered children of the besieged Sarajevo in 1992-1995, and the memorial to the murdered policemen in Veliki Park, the Memorial Room in the MIA.
