Dizdarević: Police should have increased surveillance of Medenica

The police should have intensified surveillance of the accused Miloš Medenica and taken into account the fact that the pronouncement of the verdict had been scheduled, Professor of criminal psychology and security expert Sandi Dizdarević told Portal ETV, commenting on the latest information that inspectors are searching for the son of former President of the Supreme Court Vesna Medenica following the High Court’s decision sentencing him to ten years and two months in prison.

High Court Judge Vesna Kovačević ordered Medenica’s detention yesterday during the delivery of the verdict, but police did not find him at his residential address. Miloš Medenica had been in pre-trial detention from May 2022 until 17 October 2025, when it was lifted and replaced with house arrest. He was released from the Remand Prison because no first-instance verdict had been delivered within three years, and a measure banning him from leaving his apartment was imposed.

Dizdarević explained that supervision over the enforcement of imposed measures falls within the competence of the police, which determines whether the accused is complying with the measures through regular and unannounced - extraordinary - visits.

- There are also additional techniques such as electronic monitoring - an electronic ankle bracelet - where a movement perimeter is defined, and if it is violated, that is, if the accused exceeds the permitted range, an automatic signal is triggered at the police - Dizdarević explained.

Several interlocutors from the security sector explained that Montenegro does not have the technical equipment for electronic monitoring - ankle bracelets. According to them, the police are obliged to implement control measures, visit the residence address, maintain contact with the accused, conduct operational checks and surveillance, and regularly report on this to the court.

Sources from the security sector believe that on the eve of and on the day of the pronouncement of the verdict, the police were obliged to „cover“ the High Court in Podgorica, as well as the address where the accused were staying, both on the ground and operationally, in order to ensure the conditions for the enforcement of the court decision.