THE ALBANIAN POLICE FORCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY ,,abania
INFORMATION
SUBJECT The Albanian Police 2orce
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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
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,~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
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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
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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.
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