The right to participate in the competition has a person who must meet the following requirements (Regulation оn professional training and development in the Ministry of Interior):

1. candidate must have citizenship of the Republic of Serbia;
2. candidate must be a resident of the Republic of Serbia lasting at least one year up to application;
3. candidate must be 18 – 24 years of age;
4. candidate must not have more than 24 years of age by the last day of the competition (this applies to the graduates of the University of Criminal and Police Studies);
5. candidate must have 4-year long high school education;
6. there must not be any security threat for candidate’s employment in the MoI;
7. candidate must have driving licence for “B” category;
8. candidate must fulfill health, psychological and physical fitness requirements for employment in the MoI.