State Police (Albania)

Albanian State Police Policia e Shtetit Shqiptar
Patch of the State Police
Flag of the State Police
Common name	Policia
Agency overview
Formed	13 January 1913
Preceding agency	Gendarmerie (1925–1939) People's Police (1945–1991)
Employees	~ 10,958[1][2]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Albania
Operations jurisdiction	Albania
Size	28,748 km2
Population	2,793,592
Governing body	Government of Albania
Constituting instrument	Law on "State Police"
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters	Bajram Curri Boulevard, Tirana
Minister responsible	Ervin Hoxha, Minister
Agency executive	Ilir Proda[3], Director General
Website
asp.gov.al

The Albanian State Police (Albanian: Policia e Shtetit) is the national police and law enforcement agency which operates throughout the Republic of Albania. The collapse of the Communist system and the establishment of political pluralism post-1991 brought important changes to the structure of the Albanian Police. The Ministry of Public Order and the General Directorate of Police were established in April 1991, and the new law of July 1991 established the Public Order Police. Nearly 80% of police manpower, i.e. personnel who had served under the previous system, were replaced by new recruits. On 4 November 1991, the Albanian Police was accepted as a member of Interpol.