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This paper report provides a 2014 performance assessment of the municipal safety councils in Serbia as well as a quality assessment of the cooperation between the police and local self-governments in solving security problems at the local level. The author first provides a comparative overview of legal responsibilities of the local self-government in regard to safety and development of the community policing concept, following the adoption of the strategic plan in April 2013. He then analyzes the operation of municipal safety councils so far and presents the gender dimension of local safety.