The World Bank suggests that the regional branches of the Ministry of the Interior go from 28 to 7

Bulgaria does not need more police than police. The current 28 district directorates of the Ministry of the Interior can shrink to the 7 – six more Sofia planning areas. This will save BGN 47 million a year, provided that about 1,500 employees of the general administration – accountants, housekeepers, and so on.

This is shown in a World Bank report that examines the costs of police and fire fighting activity in 2016. The goal is to improve costs without reducing the budget from the Ministry of the Interior. The report focuses on the regional police directorates, the National Police Directorate and the fire brigade, which account for 75% of the costs and about 50% of the system's employees. A careful interpretation of the data and conclusions is therefore necessary

Prepared by the Ministry of Finance, refuted some imposed – that the costs for the Ministry of the Interior are too high and the salaries of police officers are low. This has been changed in the last 10 years as a result of the reform initiated by the Ministry of the Interior. There have been significant reductions, the effect of which has reached the EU average, while in 2008 the ratio of the number of police officers in Bulgaria to the population was the highest. one of the highest in the EU. A gradual increase in the age of retirement has been introduced, investments in new cars, fire, energy efficiency of buildings have been made.

Challenges

The Ministry of the Interior faces three challenges

One is the perception of

] the reliability of police services in Bulgaria [19659009] which remains weak. It is the lowest in the EU according to the World Justice Project (2017) Index of Order and Security (2017) and the penultimate rank according to the World Justice Project (2017). Offshoring Index of the World Economic Forum Police

. The third challenge is that large personnel costs leave few resources for current and future high costs . For example, the renewal of the obsolete transport fleet, uniforms and protective clothing, the introduction of ICT, the need for additional training so that the police can oppose more and more to the Technological Improvement of Crimes

. the use of human and additional resources and a new salary model are shown in the report of the World Bank

The administration of the Ministry of the Interior is more than all ministries

Boyko Borisov promises to be policeman in all The village is workable and it is not necessary to hire more employees and pay money . This can be done by properly allocating police officers and optimizing costs

Bulgaria does not need more police to improve service delivery, according to the World Bank report. With [3.659.500] 312 policemen per hundred thousand our country is very close to the European average of 313 police officers and slightly above the average of 300 police officers in the world (UN, 2006)

The Ministry of the Interior is the country's largest employer – with 45,374 employees. The number of general and specialized administration employees is 8778, which is more than the total number of employees of the central administration of all departments

The general and specialized administration of Department of the Interior accounts for nearly one fifth ]) of the total number of employees and includes staff badigned to the provision of specific services. For example, issue identity documents (75 people), serve the single European number 112 (471 people), border police (968 people) and others not covered by this badysis. The administration seems to be too broad and needs to be further badyzed to evaluate the possibilities of increasing efficiency

The numerous regional directorates of MI ( OMPM ). 28. For example, Bulgaria has twice as many ODM as the Czech Republic has a population of 30% more

To increase the number of police and firefighters, the World Bank recommends consolidating the OMWR from 28 to 7 plus Sofia. Consolidation will save BGN 28.5 million provided that 1271 government officials are cut off

This may happen after 2020, when the country 's new zoning for the purposes of the funds' s funds. EU will be clear, said the Director General by the Ministry of Interior in Mediapool.

To support the consolidation of the regional directorates of the Ministry of the Interior, the World Bank indicates that this model has already been successfully implemented by the National Revenue Agency and the National Institute of statistics

. units of the Directorate-General for Fire Safety and Protection of the Population and the Gendarmerie. This will save about BGN 12 million a year if the general fire and gendarmerie administration is reduced by two-thirds (about 290 employees). This saving is almost the same as the annual cost of uniforms and police equipment for 2016 – 12.1 million BGN

The abolition of the 1,562 civil servants of the proposed administration can be progressive by combining re-education Employees with Voluntary Leaving

The World Bank also recommends that the consolidation of district offices be based on a well-prepared strategy for the modernization of ICT systems and work processes in regional departments

Significant Differences in the Effectiveness of Different Directions

The study shows significant differences in the effectiveness of different ODMDs in the use of resources and crime detection. The least effective ODAMs, such as Plovdiv and Burgas, can be taught by the more efficient neighboring ODMWs, such as Gabrovo, Sliven, Razgrad, Targovishte and Smolyan

Currently, close to a fifth (19459017) ) 19% of police and technical resources at the regional level are not used to the best advantage because of organizational factors internal to the system of the Ministry of the Interior. Using the same number of firefighters and the available means of transport and equipment, but dividing them differently between districts, would result in 22% more lives and 22% loss of property, according to the World Bank report.

It is reported that the Ministry of the Interior has already introduced an badessment of the effectiveness of the ODMD, which is a good step. Including costs in this badessment will help to badyze their effectiveness and promote healthy competition between them. If these badessments become public, citizens will be able to help identify the reasons for the inefficiency of resource allocation by district directorates

Otherwise, the cost of public order and the security is not superior to that of other countries in the region. According to the report, they represent 0.3% of GDP and are lower than those of Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Croatia.

and Water

The World Bank also recommends better management of the cost of electricity and water. Large differences in the accounts of different ODMUs per employee show an inefficient allocation of these costs now. This difference is larger than could be explained by the price differences between the districts. Some regions spend four times more water and electricity per employee than others ] . For example, in 2016, the price of electricity in Smolyan is 1.36% higher than in Vratsa, but the cost of an employee in Smolyan was five times higher (430%) than that in Smolyan. from a Vratsa employee. The difference in water prices between Pernik and Shumen is 35%, while the difference between the cost of water per employee is 417%. Electricity bills account for 27% of the cost of police and fire maintenance

Although electricity costs have fallen in recent years, Efficiency gains can still be made. The Ministry of the Interior has already begun renegotiating its contracts with electricity distribution companies and has negotiated lower electricity prices than those regulated by the World Bank

L & D Analysis also shows that some ODMs use their resources more efficiently than others. d & # 39; others. Due to internal problems in the estimation system, a large proportion of technical resources are used inefficiently – from 3% in Burgas to 29% in Kyustendil, World Bank experts find out

It is recommended that Improve the cost of additional resources – improvement of public procurement, renegotiation of public service contracts already undertaken by the Ministry of the Interior, rental or sale of unnecessary premises, process already underway

Increase in police salaries Contrary to popular belief, police salaries in Bulgaria do not seem low. Taking into account differences in per capita income, police salaries are at the same level as in Sweden and Slovenia and higher than in Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, says the report of the World Bank.

The Interior Ministry staff is among the best paid with an average monthly cost per person of about 1776 BGN for 2016. The main reason is the high social contributions, which account for 51% of the cost of personnel . In addition, the Ministry of the Interior pays the share of the contributions payable by its employees, unlike the national agencies of other EU countries. However, police unions complain that police officers do not receive enough salary, wage indexation is low and staff responsibilities increase. In 2018, an increase in personnel resources of BGN 155 million was envisaged for the Ministry of the Interior

Another factor of high personnel costs at the Department of the Interior is the high proportion of vacancies – 13, 5% This has an impact on the morale and efficiency of the police and firefighters. More than half of the vacant positions are in the lowest paid category, mainly police officers and firefighters with secondary education and unable to continue their careers.

The police and firefighters can be promoted in six different categories, while those who have an average of nearly two-thirds ( 63% ) n. have only one category of compensation. The difference in base salary between a senior police officer and a police officer is only 1.6 % or 11 BGN. For firefighters with a high school diploma, basic salaries are the same as for police officers and the difference between firefighters and firefighters. respectively BGN 673 and BGN 662. For a period of 17 years, a police officer with a secondary education level could attain the initial salary of officers with a higher education level of 927 BGN

but at the lower echelons of the hierarchy but of the Ministry of the Interior are higher than in the general administration of the state, although the increase in wages for the same position is lower. For example, the lowest starting salary for the junior expert (expert level 7) with higher education is 420 leva (2016) and the maximum base salary for employees with d & # 39; excellent performance can reach 2400 leva after 18 years at the same job. In practice, the lowest salary for the level of expert 7 of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Water in 2016 is 435 BGN, which is well below the salary of police or firefighters. Public service does not hire specialists without higher education

Persons with secondary education in the public administration may have an advisory position with a base salary of 420 BGN and the highest basic salary 18 years. The rate of increase of civil servants' salaries is higher than that of secondary education officials

The resolution of this problem is important to resolve staff turnover and vacancies in the police. In order to provide funds for this, it is necessary to increase the duration of mandatory retirement service and the reduction of social security contributions, part of which will be borne by the police and firefighters

Example of reform in Britain

An example of this was the recent police reform in the United Kingdom. His goal was to make people feel safer by reducing the administration and bringing in more front line officers.

The results show that the street police has reached 92%. The satisfaction of victims of crime by the police is high and the crimes are reduced by more than a quarter. 1.5 billion euros were saved over a period of five years. pounds (3.3 billion leva). The funds saved have been invested in cybersecurity and counterterrorism, as well as in the modernization of ICT