Law enforcement in Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

is conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. In the last few years, the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has undergone a radical transformation. In 2005 President Mikhail Saakashvili fired "the entire traffic police force" of the Georgian National Police due to corruption,
numbering around 30,000 police officers. A new force was built around new recruits. The United States State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement Affairs has provided assistance to the training efforts.

Patruli was first introduced in the summer

Summer

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 of 2005 replacing the traffic police, which were accused of corruption.

The police introduced an 022 emergency dispatch

Emergency telephone number

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service in 2004.

External links

• http://www.police.ge. Police.ge. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Official Website.