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By Dalip GRECA The Albanian police are more [??] left widowed and orphaned, and that is all. The criminals have always fled to destinations unknown. The statistics are shocking. No fewer than 140 police officers have been killed in two years. This is the latest statistic released by police sources at the Ministry of Public Order, and as such it is credible. Albanian public opinion continues to be shaken, since there are no signs of renewal and calm. Crime is master, while citizens’ lives are not safe. Who will protect them? Obviously the state, through the police officers; but when the state does not care about its police officers, sending them like lambs to the butcher, and then no one can find the criminals, citizens’ trust inevitably remains shaken. It is shocking that far more police officers have been killed in two years than criminals have been arrested! The only light in this bleak statistic is the fact that the police have decided to respond. It seems that even the police themselves can no longer accept this reality. The police have become a shooting target for criminals! The police chiefs themselves admit that this reality is unacceptable, but fighting it requires a strategy, and a strategy cannot be made with words! After all, criminals are not the only ones with bullets. If there is no legal backing for anti-crime operations, “brave men” will be needed within the police force to restore citizens’ belief that peace can return to us. The Albanian police [leave] widows and children orphaned, and that is all. The criminals have always fled to destinations unknown. The above conclusion is paradoxical, since it is absurd to ask citizens to protect the police; on the contrary, it is the police’s duty to protect and guarantee citizens’ lives. But there are many reasons why police officers are more vulnerable than citizens and unable to protect themselves. One reason is that their authority collapsed as soon as politics entered the ranks of the blue uniforms. Whoever controlled the police had victory at the polls on their side, to the point that Albanians became disgusted with elections. Ultimately, the police’s authority was brought to the ground. This is one reason for the weakening of police power (which in [??] is absolute), but later, after the protests, the same phenomena occurred: the police were betrayed by the collaboration between the judiciary and politics. The criminals who were caught were released sooner than they were put in cells. Where did the police officer’s confrontation with death go? A corrupt justice system cannot support the police. Especially over the past two years, there has been an unprecedented imbalance between police officers and criminals. Victory has been on the criminals’ side. Police officers have been mercilessly punished. The police officers were left dead on the battlefield; afterwards, they were given a flower-strewn send-off and condolences were offered to them

Anti-Crime Squads Are Born: The “Rambos” of the Albanian police will eliminate the criminals P. 6 RAF ’99

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