Law Enforcement in Albania - Public Perception

Public Perception

According to a survey produced in 2009 for the United States Agency for International Development, Albanian public perception of the police was as follows:

  • On a scale of 0-100, with 0 being "very honest" and 100 being "very corrupt", police were given a score of 63.1 points.
  • When asked to what extent the police help to fight corruption, with 0 being "not at all" and 100 being "helps a lot", the police were given a score of 45.5.
  • When asked about trust in institutions, with 0 being "no trust at all" and 100 being "trust a lot", the police were given a score of 47.8.
  • When asked if during the previous year they had been asked for a bribe from police, 7.8% said "yes".
  • "When asked how they were treated by the police, the proportion of respondents that replied "poorly" or "very poorly" was 26.6%, a decrease of 10.9 percentage points from 37.5% in 2005.

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