Abstract
It is highly probable that the history will describe the first two decades after the Cold War as a period which was indeed very rich in significant social changes. In the Czech Republic, this epoch was considerably influenced by the change of the regime, the new principles on which the society started to function, as well as by a generally new, fresh orientation of the whole country. At the same time, the former Czechoslovakia was split into two independent states, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The objective of the text is to briefly characterize the period of the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century in terms of police activities in the Czech Republic. The attention is being paid to the main factors which affected the ways and conditions of police activities in the Czech Republic. Moreover, possible development in this area is suggested.
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Amendment of the Constitution of CR by Constitutional Law No. 300/2000, The Czech Republic joined NATO in the so-called “first wave of the NATO enlargement,” together with Hungary and Poland. The amendment was related to legislative handling of the process of sending the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic outside the territory of CR, to the residence of Allied Forces on the territory of CR and to CR participation in defense systems of international organizations. It was also connected with the distribution of competences between the Government of CR and the Parliament of CR concerning sending and receiving armed forces on the territory of CR.
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Amendment of the Constitution of CR by Law No. 448/2001, stating more precisely the conditions of stability of prices in connection with the activity of the Czech National Bank, within the European Community and the activity of European system of central banks.
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Amendment of the Constitution of CR by the so-called Euro-Amendment, from October 2003, adjusting CR joining EU.
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The Language Institute of the Ministry of Interior of the CR was canceled on 1 January 1998.
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Since 1 October 2010 renamed Higher Police School of the Ministry of Interior of the CR in Prague.
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Foltin, P., Rohál, A., Šikolová, M. (2013). Policing in the Czech Republic: Evolution and Trends. In: Meško, G., Fields, C., Lobnikar, B., Sotlar, A. (eds) Handbook on Policing in Central and Eastern Europe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6720-5_5
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