# Pančevo Police Department

According to a coach who was on the Tamiš, the first patrol let the jet ski driver go because it had “received a tip-off from the top”, and he was arrested only by a second patrol. The jet ski was not seized at the time and no on-site inspection was carried out, while the coach had his oar confiscated. A spokesperson for the department denied rumours of godparent ties between the suspect and the chief, and said he would be prosecuted like any other citizen.

## Affairs

- [Jet ski attack on young kayakers and the police in Pančevo](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/skuter-na-tamisu-pancevo): According to the coach, the first patrol released the jet ski driver who capsized canoes carrying children “on a tip-off from the top”; a second patrol arrested him

## People

- [Stevan Čigoja](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/stevan-cigoja): head of the Pančevo Police Department

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/pu-pancevo  
As of: 4 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)