# Miloš Rakonjac

Miloš Rakonjac (born August 27, 1983) is a special purpose police officer who served as a bodyguard for the protective security unit at the United States Embassy. Miloš Rakonjac was nominated for Best Police Officer of the Special Anti-Terrorism Unit twice in 2010 and 2012. Miloš led the Counter-Terrorism Unit team where his team won high ninth place among 60 others elite police units at World Special Forces Competition organized in Dubai. As a member of "SAJ" practical shooting team, he won several national and regional awards.

## Early life and education

Rakonjac attended the University of Montenegro in Podgorica where he studied Faculty of Law from 2009 to 2013. In 2012, Miloš Rakonjac attended the ILEA Academy Law Enforcement Executive Development (LEED) located in Budapest, Hungary. During 2014, Miloš attended the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Roswell Advanced Level in New Mexico.
The LEED Law enforcement program training is focused on personal and professional development of executives in law enforcement. LEED primarily focused on leadership positions within law enforcement, counterterrorism, organized crime, illegal drugs, rule of law and ethics and policing management. During 2013, Miloš Rakonjac studied Security Studies and the Terrorism Programme (PTSS Programme) at the George C. Marshall European Centre located at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany.
PTSS offers courses for selected professionals from counter-terrorism agencies focused on reduction of national and transnational global security threats that lay the foundation for potential terrorist threats and global networking. The PTSS program included a seven-day trip to Israel where Miloš gained experience in protective measures taken by Israel's counter-terrorism intelligence services to fight against terrorism. From 1999 to 2003, Miloš studied at the Secondary School of Internal Affairs located at Danilovgrad.

## Career

Miloš Rakonjac graduated from the Criminal Law Department at the University of Montenegro at Faculty of Law in Podgorica during 2013. In 2015, Milos Rakonjac attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy at the FBI headquarters in Quantico, Virginia.
Miloš Rakonjac attended Training for Special Forces Trainers event hosted by the Council of Europe Programme Office at Podgorica in the field of humans rights, public gatherings and mental-tactical training in 2020. Miloš Rakonjac joined training organized by United States Special Operation Unit SEAL TEAM IV for Close Range Combat Tactics (CQC) during April 2019. In July 2016, Miloš served for Armed Forces of Montenegro and the Special Anti-Terrorism Unit of the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro and the Special Operations Unit of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Slovenia for Special Operations Unit Tactics for joint training exercise hosted in Kočevje at the Republic of Slovenia.
Miloš holds a certification for Tactics of Intervention of Assault Teams in Dealing with Hostage Situations by completion of a training program conducted by French RAID Special Unit. Rakonjac join the International Seminar for Police Negotiators and Tactical Team Leaders where he received certification in dealing with Mass Hostage Situations in June 2015. From September 2013, Miloš studied UNPOC Training for Work in Peacekeeping Missions in Valbandon, Crotia. Rakonjac is specialized in Combating Terrorism for AMOK (Active Shooter Situation) and certified by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia. Miloš holds a certification with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team for Tactics of Counter-Terrorism in Urban Areas.
In 2009, Miloš Rakonjac participated in an event hosted by the Undercover Investigators of the Police of Ireland for undercover unit of the tactical team actions. In late 2010, Miloš Rakonjac trained at the Special Forces Intervention Course on Water and Vessels event hosted by instructors from Maine Marine Patrol in the United States. In July 2008, Miloš Rakonjac attended Advanced Course for Special Anti-Terrorist Operations hosted in Washington D.C.. Miloš joined the Techniques of intervention on intercepted aircraft hosted by RAID Special Unit of France in Podgorica. Miloš Rakonjac served as the Acting Assistant Director for the Special Purpose Police Sector in March 2021. During 2014 to 2021, Rakonjac was employed as Commander of the Anti-Terrorism Team "A" (ATT) Counterterrorism Unit (PJT). In 2017, Miloš served as a Senior Police Officer Class I in The First Anti-Terrorism Team "A" and a Sniper in a Specialist Team "B" for Special Anti-terrorism Unit.