Police of North Macedonia

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Police of North Macedonia Полиција (Macedonian)
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	North Macedonia
Operations jurisdiction	North Macedonia
Primary governing body	Government of North Macedonia
Secondary governing body	Ministry of Internal Affairs
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Skopje
Minister responsible	Pancho Toshkovski, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Agency executive	Magdalena Nestorovska, State Secretary of the MIA
Parent agency	Government of North Macedonia
Child agency	UBK
Facilities
Stations	Skopje, Kumanovo, Shtip, Strumica, Bitola, Ohrid, and Tetovo
Light vehicles	Chevrolet Spark 100[1]
Scoters	Sym HD2 200i, Piaggio Beverly 125[2]
Helicopters	agusta AB206B-2 (1), agusta ab212 (1), bell 412ep (1), mil Mi-171 (1), mil Mi-17V-5 (1)
Dogs	German Shepherd
Notables
Anniversary	May 7th
Award	Constantinus 2013 Silver Medal[3]
Website
www.mvr.gov.mk

Law enforcement in North Macedonia is the responsibility of the Police of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Полиција на Република Северна Македонија).^[4]

The police headquarters are located in Skopje at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and also maintain an air base in nearby Idrizovo. Taiwan, Canada, and Italy have all contributed Bell Helicopter Textron helicopters to the police force's Macedonian Police Aviation Unit in cooperation with the Air Force of North Macedonia to help combat insurgencies the country.^[5]

The law enforcement agencies of North Macedonia are regulated by the Constitution of 1991, the Law on Internal Affairs of 1995, the Criminal Procedure Code of 1997 and the Draft Law on Changes and Additions to the Criminal Procedure Code.^[6] With police actions and behavior controlled by the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Law on Internal Affairs controlling the use of firearms by the police force. On July 1, 2003, the Law on the Police Academy was enacted, creating a police academy to train civil and border police officers.^[7]

The force has been the subject of a number of recent reforms regarding both the Albanian insurgency,^[8] and possible violations of human rights,^[9][10] with NATO officials stating that the force was "not really up to European standards" as policemen lacked in skills and weapons.^[11][12]