Josip Jović (21 November 1969 – 31 March 1991) was a Croatian policeman who was killed during the Plitvice Lakes incident.

On 29 March 1991, the Plitvice Lakes management was expelled by rebel Krajina Serb police[2] under the control of Milan Martić,[3] supported by paramilitary volunteers from Serbia proper under the command of Vojislav Šešelj.

[4] On Easter Sunday, 31 March 1991, Croatian police officers entered the national park to expel the Serb rebels.

Serb paramilitaries ambushed a bus carrying Croatian police into the national park on the road north of Korenica, sparking a day-long gun battle between the two sides.

When a Yugoslav People's Army helicopter landed to transfer him to hospital, Jović was already dead.