The topic of this paper is the special features of the police officer's employment relationship. Through a brief introduction and elaboration of the topic we will see all the special features of the work of the police officers and all the special features as it differs from any other employment in the Republic of Croatia. In order to understand the problem of work in the police system, further details will be elaborated below, generally starting from the police and the Ministry of the Interior itself, through all the regulations that make the police system special. The topic of the basic law governing the police itself was also discussed, and this is the Law on Police, and how it regulates the police officer's work. The disciplinary responsibility of police officers is a peculiarity of this system and is explained more precisely, just as disciplinary punishment. One of the unavoidable items will be the subject of all the rights and duties exercised by police officers during their work. At the very end, the topic related to the police union as a social partner was also discussed.