In line with the Swedish Strategy for development cooperation with Albania for January 2009 – December 2012, the Swedish Government is supporting the Albanian Government and citizens to achieve positive results on “Ensuring that Albanian civil society has greater access to a legally secure and efficient police system that is under civilian control and subject to civilian monitoring”. As such, in cooperation with the Albanian State Police, and in compliance with its Seven Year Strategy (2007-2013), the community policing model has been introduced and being implemented in the country since June 2013. The model aims to bring communities and police closer to each other by creating a partnership between them in conducting joint analysis of the problems, determining the root causes of those problems, and in identifying possible solutions, based on a notion of shared responsibility for keeping the community safe. The program is implemented in full compliance with the Law No. 9749/article 122, dt. 04.06.2007 and with ASP Strategy 2007 – 2013 Read more…

Respondents were initially asked about the reason they went to the police station to file a report. It can be gathered from the data that most of cases were filed on family violence (27%). Further on, 45% of reports were filled on robbery cases like: incidents of robbery on private property/business (10%), stolen wallet/purse (10%), damage of property (7%), stolen car/bicycle (6%), stolen currency (5%). Regarding the ways of contacting a police structure, in half of cases (50%) the respondents personally went to the Police Station to file a report. Meanwhile, 42% contacted the police by telephone (129) and 7% contacted an alternative police number or called a police officer in private. Read more…

General Perception on Public order and Safety Performance of the Albanian State Police Albanian State Police Professionalism Expectations from the Albanian State Police Community Policing Conclusions Read more…

This study was conducted by IDRA during April-May 2018, commissioned by SCPA Programme (Swedish support for “Strengthening Community Policing in Albania”, phase II) Similarly, IDRA conducted the same study in 2013 and 2014. The results of this study are weighted by region (qark) in order to represent the overall population (National Representative) Comparison with the previous waves conducted by IDRA. Read more…

Measure the citizen’s satisfaction level with the state police services Impact of police activity on the everyday life of citizens • Selection of sampling points • Stratification by region & urban/rural dimension • Selection of Households • Random Route Method • Selection of the respondent • Last birthday rule Read more..

Study Objectives • Measure the level of satisfaction with the work of the Albanian State Police • The impact of the activity of State Police on everyday life of Albanian citizens • Comparison with the previous waves Read more…

Police Assistance Survey (129) was undertaken by IDRA Research & Consulting along with the cooperation of the SwedishAlbanian Project on Community Policing, on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This study was conducted in order to acquire necessary information regarding satisfaction and effectiveness of communication with the Police structures that provide assistance and service towards callers in need of assistance. In addition, information regarding satisfaction towards State Police, Courts and Prosecution Office has also been gathered. This study includes 300 interviews (telephone calls*) with citizens that have contacted the Police (129) requesting assistance for a personal issue during the first trimester of 2014 (January to March). All telephone numbers used have been randomly selected according to a methodology which includes calls from the three months. All 300 interviews were conducted in March…. Read more…

Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Republic of Albania has initiated a proramme of reforms of the Albanian State Police (ASP) as part of its main objective, being an EU candidate country. The aim of these reforms is to increase the efficiency of ASP effectiveness and the compliance with the law and the best practices. There is a considerable interest in the review of the organizational performance of ASP and its assessment of strength areas and of those areas that need to be improved. Read more…

The Border Police survey is undertaken by IDRA Research & Consulting along with the cooperation of the Swedish- Albanian Project on Community Policing. This study is conducted to acquire necessary information regarding the satisfaction with the Border Police. Furthermore, the study aims to collect data regarding the satisfaction with the work of the State Police. Read more…

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY POLICING IN ALBANIA Assess the level of satisfaction with the performance of the Albanian State Police. The impact of State Police activities on the daily lives of Albanian citizens. Insights from comparison with previous waves and data disaggregation’s…….. Read More..