In addition to the challenges accompanying the transition, police authorities inherited numerous problems from the former regime: ethnic tensions in southern Serbia, a legacy of war crimes and widespread organised crime and corruption.
Pored izazova koji prate tranziciju policijske vlasti nasledile su i brojne probleme od bivšeg režima: etničke tenzije na jugu Srbije, zaostavštinu ratnih zločina i rasprostranjen organizovani kriminal i korupciju.