Novi Sad Police Department

On 21 November 2024, pensioner Ilija Kostić was beaten at its station after being detained at a protest; the prosecutor's office in Sremska Mitrovica is investigating two unidentified police officers, but the identification failed. On 28 April 2025, its officers and the Gendarmerie beat people with batons outside the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education (DIF), and on 21 January 2026 they removed students and professors from the Faculty of Philosophy building.

Affairs

  • Police beat students outside the Faculty of Sport (DIF) in Novi Sad: Outside DIF, police and the gendarmerie beat the people gathered there with batons and shields and sprayed them with tear gas; a female student suffered a concussion
  • Police raid on the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad: According to journalist Surdučki and Professor Đurin, police officers forcibly removed them from the faculty, kicked them and struck them with fists and shields
  • Irregularities in the 2026 elections
  • SNS supporters' attack on an exhibition in Bački Petrovac: On the orders of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, it filed a criminal complaint against several people for violent behaviour at a public gathering
  • Attacks on journalists: On the prosecution's orders, it filed a criminal complaint against a man suspected of attacking an RTS crew at a protest in 2020.
  • SNS call centre at the Novi Sad Fair: police slow to arrive: Reportedly responded to calls from the Fair only after about an hour, and officers in the first vehicles did not get out, saying the local patrol was responsible
  • Police beat and arrested activists at Šodroš: Its officers allegedly beat and detained activists defending Šodroš from the bridge works in October 2022 and March 2023
  • Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation
  • Beating of Ilija Kostić in a police station: According to Kostić's statement, two men in plain clothes beat him at the station; the prosecution is investigating two officers of the Novi Sad Police Directorate for torture
  • Phones and watches gifted to Novi Sad intervention police

People

  • Nikola Petrović: head of the Police Department of the Novi Sad Police Directorate
  • Goran Radonjić: assistant and deputy chief of the Novi Sad Police Administration
  • Goran Radonjić: acting chief of the Novi Sad Police Administration
  • Momčilo Sovilj: acting head of the Novi Sad Police Department
  • Momčilo Sovilj: deputy head of the Novi Sad Police Department
  • Nevenko Marić: head of the Novi Sad Police Department