Current Title:	Letalska Enota Policija
Title in English:	Police Aviation Unit
Abbreviation:	LEP

Narrative Summary:
The Slovenian Police operates a small fleet of Agusta-Bell helicopters. Helicopters have been in the Slovenian Police inventory since the Republic of Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia. Then the official name of the Slovenian Police Aviation Unit was "Letalska Enota Milice". When the Republic of Slovenia became an independent and democratic state in 1991, the word Milice was changed to Policije, replacing the Eastern Europe term (Militia) with the more widely recognised Western Europe term.

Key Dates:
1967		Police Aviation Unit first established, as Letalska Enota Milice.
mid 1991		Police Aviation Unit renamed Letalska Enota Policije.

Current Status:
Slovenian Police helicopters are primarily used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for various tasks: VIP transport, transport of various cargo and special police units, border monitoring, SAR missions, medevac and traffic surveillance.

Future Plans:
Nothing known.

National Insignia:
The national flag is carried as a fin flash. No service titles are carried.

Aircraft Serial Numbering System(s):
All police aircraft carry civilian registrations in the S5-HPx series.

Unit/Base Aircraft Code System(s):
Coding system not used

Aircraft Designation System(s):
None - Manufacturers designations used

Current Aircraft Inventory:
Click on aircraft type for more details

Aircraft Type	Total Del'd	Total Now	Role	Origin
Agusta A.109E Power	1	1	Utility/SAR	Italy
Agusta-Bell AB.206B-3 JetRanger III	2	2	Transport	Italy
Agusta-Bell AB.212	1	1	Transport/SAR	Italy
Agusta-Bell AB.412IFR	1	1	Transport	Italy

All-Time Aircraft Used List:
Alphabetical Order --- Chronological Order

Main Headquarters:
Brnik.

Current Organisational Structure:
All aircraft and helicopters are based at Brnik Airport, Ljubljana.

Current Order of Battle:
Not applicable.

Historical Orders of Battle:
Not applicable.

All-Time Flying Units List:
Not applicable.

Current Air Bases:
All aircraft and helicopters are based at Brnik Airport, Ljubljana.

All-Time Air Bases Used List:
See above.

Books:

None known.

Magazines:

World Air Power Journal No.8 p.22-25
World Air Power Journal No.11 p.38-41
Air Forces Monthly September 1995

Websites:

Slovenian Aviation Website

Dragan Kostadinov Website

Ex YU Airforces