Facts : 1 Local Police Reform One of the main tasks of UNTAES was reform of local police forces in which before the war occurred first inter-ethnic conflicts (see:Battle of Borovo Selo)
Facts : 2 UNTAES initial problem was to replacement of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia symbols
Facts : 3 Since there was resistance to that, compromise was reached where UNTAES with financial support of US Department of Justice bought uniforms without any state features
Facts : 4 Croatian government initially refused to begin paying salaries to local police but later agreed to do so since it showed return of Croatian sovereignty and responsibility for region
Facts : 5 Second problem was the fact that Croatian government refused to pay salaries in Yugoslav dinar while local police didn t want it in Croatian kuna so in the end it was paid in Deutsche Mark
Facts : 6 Support for UNTAES was provided by Polish Special Police Group that made first arrest of an indicated war criminal who was former mayor of Vukovar