Police Force of Kosovo
Kosovo Police (Albanian: Policia e Kosovës) is the police law enforcement agency of the Republic of Kosovo. The Police Force was initially formed in 1999, where the first candidates began training on the 6th of September. The first generation of police officers consisted of 176 members.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that "Kosovo probably has the highest concentration of security personnel in the world". In 2008, there were a total of 26,233 security personnel, with 8,834 of them being Kosovo Police Officers.
As of 2013, the Police Force of Kosovo has a total of 51 stations across Kosovo, divided into 6 regions, which are: Prishtina, Peja, Mitrovica, Prizren, Gjilan and Ferizaj.
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