Law enforcement inGeorgia is conducted by theMinistry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Currently, there are more than 42,000 registered police officers.[citation needed]
The Georgian police introduced an 022emergency dispatch service in 2004.[1] As of 2017 you can contact Georgian police with a 112Emergency Dispatch.[2]
In the mid-2000s the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia underwent a radical transformation. In 2005 Georgian PresidentMikheil Saakashvili fired "the entire traffic police force" of the Georgian National Police due tocorruption,[3] numbering around 30,000 police officers.[4]
A new force was built around new recruits.[3] The United States State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement Affairs has provided assistance to the training efforts.[5] Patruli was first introduced in thesummer of 2005 replacing the traffic police, which were accused of corruption.[6]
Throughout the reformation, policemen were presented with newVolkswagen cars and navy blue uniforms, with "Police" written on the back. They were armed withIsraeli Jericho-941SFL pistols instead ofPMs.
The Georgian Immigration Enforcement Training Video Unit (GIETVU) works to improve training methods for immigration enforcement operatives.[7]
In 2009 the U.S. State Department launchedU.S. State Department’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Program "The Georgia-to-Georgia Exchange Program", providing Georgian policemen with education courses in theState of Georgia. In June, the United States provided $20 million for these courses.
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