THE ALBANIAN POLICE FORCE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005400550013-2
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December 22, 2016
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May 3, 2011
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13
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October 31, 1950
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REPORT
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N.i.,!?tiSSIrIt./ra a5?.J9'S, .~sii. l,R. ,.: ;.: 'i . Sa = Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R005400550013-2 f,.:till QV'Af. QETrrLLLt t. L r' twty .~- :?: rW-k,'I%~l COUNTRY ,,abania INFORMATION SUBJECT The Albanian Police 2orce PLACE ACQUIRED )ATE DISTR.. 61 OCT 50 50X1-HUM! NO, OF PAGES NO. OF ENCLS ftJSTFD BELOW) DATE OF SUPPLEMENT TO INFO. REPORT NO. 6r T/iE rJR479f f',TAVO WJTR14 TfB SICAE1RGG ?F TUC OPIOttAOE ACT 30 1T.. S. C,. Ht AND St. AS AAE111211. M.3 Ti 41496tr13" WOt1 02 TEE-' RMVELA7101; OF VV CO.!1 Z Trr IN ANT NABF132R TO AM CSWACTf3Gf30ZE0 P2S5O4a IT VWa WRITM WA tA3.. R8PWKO D=08t G+N 71313 FORM L' PRONIGITRIL THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION The Security Cores are directly subordinate to the :.iirxistry of the Interior0 These corps are the Police (Poli.cija) and Security (SiguriircL),, each of Trhich has a corresponding Directorate. 2E, The General Lirectoratc of Police is headed by the Under Secretary of the Interior, Sali Orrani., The Directorate of 2olico (Drejtorija e Policise) includes the follo ing sections; ao Internal cases (Doga a Leviz jos Brenxdslune ) bm Political cases ('Jega e Levizjos Civile)0 c p Prisons (mega e Durg jevo) o d, General. Secretary (Delta e Administrates) e,, Personnel (Doga e iuadrit)o The section for internal cases has jurisdiction over travel permits and movement of civil, lans in ;eneral. The section for political cases ivy in charge of issuing identity cards and of supervising the sections for vital statistics in the i:omiteta The Police Directorate also has subr-se -Lions for traffic, firo ig;htinga and investigations, rrith a detective unit of 20 to 25 ;lei} concerned r 'E.th fugitives from justice, deserters, etc; 6. In each Komitet there is a section for internal cases directly subordinate to the section of internal cases in the :.:inisti r0 7. The number of men of the Policija in the i:owi.tot is 150 to 200 or more, according to the region and the population thereof. Ea in each Lo.kalitet there is a force of 5 to 10 men directly saborca.nate to the ,orrdtet, tivith a non-con iscioned officer in cha goo in the villal;e there is a policeman chosen from the villagers; he serves for taro month and receives no pay. CONFIDENTIAL STATE 1 ARMY This document is- hereby` resaraded to Next Review Date: 2008 Fetter of 16 October 1978"'from the IId=~OIrPC-nr .,o f' - . . ... wtvt-tutNT1AL in accordance with the ates. I pate: """' Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R005400550013-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R005400550013-2 ,~A? CONFINENTI" 9, The Director of Police of the city o Ti ana (and si nizl.taxreolsly of the ied into .iiguri.r,u.) is _1al.i.m rillclo The city of T ir. ara is 50X1-HUM three police regions with corresponding sections (sic) %Ti.th a strength of about 50 to 7i son eache There is also a force of 200 to 300 men engaged in guarding the various inistries and a ar?liament, in addition to other police duties. 10, On .-Immobilization., soldiers may be asked if they wish to continue in service three to six f f ro: as policemen. if so, they arc trained. for a ^er.od o ?: onths, To be a police: an it is necessar to be a rre?_rLer of the "'arty. ? * for p 7olice ( r~ h';Olla e i of tcisc) where candidate? 11., In , na.rana there is a school 50X1-HUM for the police service take courses which last ^ ro_~ sip: to ten months. v or The training prof rates l h 0 oo the most part illiterate peasants study in this sc are issued by the Soviets, RI--1o o2^nlr control file lrazraant; c4:rc'=icates for the different branclipDS are rained separately, i,eG fire: n, traffic police, etc.:, 12p The foot: given to the police is good and co isidorcc' much better titan that furnished to the army. The salary of an ordinary policeman is 2,';;)0 leis The pay of officers varies not according to rare: but according; to the responsibility of the position each one holds and his a.bili ,y? The police uniform is steel blue in colors The officers; caps are peaked, :;ut the ordinary policeman gears a cap like an "oversous" cap,, 13, The police are armed with Soviet revolvers and sub-machine gins with a drum magazine holding 72 cartridges. i ach police district has a :.iotorcyc h.-, W Tlie General. Police irect-orawe has ten raotorcycleso two pas3cngcr cc one jeep, 1 o There is little restriction on , rovo:::ent within Albania. Civilians have to have identity cards. Travel permits are not requirec, except that the lists of passengers are susamittec. to the section of internal cases of the ?olicija. bvcry departure from the place of per ..anent residence is reporter' to the Policija, and arrival at one; s destination mast be reported. 3 tlac:~~s~ise, the traveller cannot obtain :: ationed food,, In each house t,hcre is a list cta:mod by the Policija giving the names of the permanent residents in the house, .7henever a guest is entertained this nut be reported to the Fol:i.cija, which issues a permit for temporary reci,'ence,, inspections are made by the Policija of houses of suspects, particularly at nil,,-ht to discover if any persons are being given hospitality Illegally. CONFIDEN AL -T. J.. .llJ.s I iJ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/05/03: CIA-RDP82-00457R005400550013-2