The government will create the "National Public Security Force" for tourist areas, Taulant Balla gives the details

The Minister of the Interior, Taulant Balla, declared yesterday that a new structure will be created in the State Police, to meet the need for another level of security in tourist areas. In his speech at a meeting about the balances of the 2023 summer tourist season, Balla said that "it will be called the "National Public Security Force". I know very well that the local Police of Saranda, for example, is unable to cope with the challenge that we expect to have, either in terms of the number of tourists, or in their quality. Our police at the local level also suffers from the phenomenon of familiarization, thus damaging the effectiveness of the State Police's work and failure to respond in time. Therefore, we are creating a National Public Security Force, within the State Police, which will be ready and with sufficient capacities, to cope with the needs and expectations of Albania's touristic 10 million plus". "This new structure within the State Police will increase the presence and efficiency of the police throughout the territory," said Balla.

Further, Balla emphasized that "we can say with our head held high and with pride that Albania's image tarnished by a heavy past of many years has been cleaned once and for all. The most beautiful news of this year is not only the figure of 8.3 million until September 30, but the international certification of our Albania as a European destination with natural beauty, incomparable hospitality and impressive security". "In a good part of the articles that were written and appeared on television, newspapers, and magazines this summer about this secret rediscovered in the middle of Europe, which is bathed by two of the most coveted seas of the Mediterranean, the fact that in In Albania, foreign tourists found an impressive security that had nothing to do with the gloomy legends they had heard about the unsafe Albania", stressed Balla.