Goals and Tasks of the National Protective Service
The National Protective Service is an organisation performing internal crime prevention and detection duties with nationwide competence and headquarters in Budapest, which carries out its protective work by the legal authorisation of the Act 34 of 1994 on the Police regarding the law enforcement agencies, the civilian secret agencies, and the public administration agencies. Our Service — beside the agency for general police activities and the agency for counterterrorism together — is an independent part of the Hungarian Police, which is controlled by the Government via the minister in charge of law enforcement (the Minister of Interior).
Our goals have not changed: efficient fight against corruption and organised crime.
Lifestyle monitoring
The goal is to recruit staff who meet higher ethical standards at the time of application and throughout their careers.
Integrity testing
Testing the member of the protected body by artificially created real-life situations to check whether the person is fulfilling his or her official or professional duties.
Crime Prevention and Detection
Investigating crimes committed by or with the help of the member of the protected body; or committed against them, their relatives or a person related to them by virtue of their profession.
Protection
Our organization can be contacted with confidence by any member of the protected bodies who is harassed or harmed in the connection with his or her professional service or virtue of their profession, or wishes to draw attention to a matter that is prejudicial to the professional service.
Prevention of corruption
Broad information and communication activities beyond protected bodies to the public to identify and manage corruption risks.