After an unfortunate period, Shamata’s first success
Municipal police—but when?
Public order is one of the most serious problems confronting the various levels of government, both central and local.
As the Minister of the Interior stated at a press conference held a few days ago, despite an overall decline in the number of crimes, increases have been observed in the number of murders, primarily those targeting state officials. Despite the difficulties in navigating the situation created by the implementation of democratic norms, the lack of experience and the low level of training among police personnel, one of the causes that presents an obstacle in this regard is the lack of a connection between local government and the police. Specifically, some conflicts arising among citizens have escalated, reaching the point of confrontations and often ending tragically; they fall entirely within the remit of local government, municipalities or communes. Yet, to resolve these conflicts, which are often also between citizens and the authorities themselves, local government lacks the means to enforce its decisions. The most important of these is a police force at its disposal. As a result, most orders and decisions made by the various municipalities remain pending for years, simply because local government representatives lack the force to compel the various levels to implement them. However, the failure to enforce decisions, including judicial ones, inevitably entails responsibility, and this is how the undesirable phenomenon of various senseless murders occurs. Thus, local government cannot function effectively without having at its disposal a police force that falls fully within the authority of the municipality or the communes in its area. On the other hand, it happens that for ordinary matters, from maintaining order and dealing with a conflict to safeguarding ... ... [text continues unclearly] “REPUBLIKA”, “Sami Frashëri” Street, near “Petro Nini Luarasi” High School, Tirana, Account No. BTK 986/110 Tel/Fax 259 88