 In the beginning of 1991 , Croatia had no regular army . In an effort to bolster its defence , Croatia doubled the size of its police force to about 20 @,@ 000 . The most effective part of the force was the 3 @,@ 000 @-@ strong special police that were deployed in 12 battalions , adopting military organisation . In addition there were 9 @,@ 000 – 10 @,@ 000 regionally organised reserve police . The reserve police were set up in 16 battalions and 10 companies , but they lacked weapons needed to arm many of the troops . 
 In the beginning of 1991 , Croatia had no regular army . In an effort to bolster its defence , Croatia doubled the size of its police force to about 20 @,@ 000 . The most effective part of the force was the 3 @,@ 000 @-@ strong special police <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> deployed in 12 battalions , adopting military organisation . In addition <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> 9 @,@ 000 – 10 @,@ 000 regionally organised reserve police . The reserve police <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> set up in 16 battalions and 10 companies , but they lacked weapons needed to arm many of the troops . 
In the beginning of 1991 , Croatia had no regular army . In an effort to bolster its defence , Croatia doubled the size of its police force to abt 20 @,@ 000 . The most effective part of the force was the 3 @,@ 000 @-@ strong special police was deployed in 12 battalions , adopting military organisation . In addition it was 9 @,@ 000 – 10 @,@ 000 regionally organised reserve police . da reserve police was set up in 16 battalions and 10 companies , but they lacked weapons needed to arm many of tdatroops .