From a company of 176 cadres in 1999 to over 9,000 in 2025 to 26 years the Kosovo Police Department

Since the first day Kosovo Police were established, Reshat Maliqi has dedicated himself to this force with the experience he had in this profession since years ago.

On the day when police have marked the 26th anniversary of the establishment on Saturday, its former director, who for three years has retired, qualifies him as not easy and with challenges the work a policeman does.

It's hard work until the criminal plans to commit a criminal offense over a long period, the police reaction is hundreds of seconds, because they have to react very quickly and they don't have time to think about whether to go into action or not to go into action. Then they are equipped with tools that can cause the death of citizens with weapons - the hundreds of seconds that need to be thought of or pulled out of a gun with a” - Malchi said.

He says that from the founding so far, police have marked great development, but have voiced caution that the state does not give police adequate care.

We still have the police without social insurance, the police still have a minimum wage that doesn't meet conditions until the 10th, and they have families, they have children. It should be thought of even better salaries, even better equipment, and good uniforms because police are the mirror of the country”, Maliqi said.

On September 6th 1999, Kosovo Police have been formed as a 176-decade troupe. 26 years later, it numbers over nine thousand, writes Time.net, broadcast Periscope.

Initially, it had acted in the framework of UNMIK, as the phase of the gradual transfer of competencies, tasks, responsibilities and police functions at the time Kosovo Police Service started on June 15th.

On February 17th 2008, in the case of Kosovo's declaration of independence, new circumstances were created for the establishment of institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, and in this context police of the Republic of Kosovo, which pass under the jurisdiction of the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo”, said in a police response.

In the 26 years of establishment, police have recorded 24 cases of the death of its members during the task.

Only four months ago, sergeant Muhammad Lika was killed. He was executed on the night of April 1, on the steps of the building in which he lived while returning to his apartment from work. At the end of 2023, Sergeant Africa Bulnjak was also killed in the terrorist attack on Banjska. For them and all the other police officers killed in the post, days ago the cornerstone of a memorial plaque was placed in Pristina's district “Dardnia”. /Periscope/