Presentation of citizens opinions in front of working group of MOI

Analytica’s security researchers presented the main findings of the citizens' perceptions of the work of the police in front of a working group from the Bureau of Public Safety within MOI on September 22nd, 2016. Present at this meeting was also the director of the Bureau, Mitko Cavkov.

The research showed that the police as an institution enjoys a high level of trust amongst citizens in Macedonia. 58,5 % of the respondents in the survey stated that they fully or mainly trust the police. However, despite this high level of trust, almost 60% of the respondents believe that corruption is widespread in the police. It is encouraging that 76% of the respondents stated that they would report such a case of corruption if they experienced one.

However, they also were not sure where they are supposed to report such a case, and only 12% of them responded that they would report a case of corruption in the police to the Department for Internal Control and Professional Standards within MOI.

This research was conducted within the POINTPULSE network, which is consisted of seven CSO from the Western Balkans and work on monitoring police integrity and advocates for policy changes for tackling police corruption.

The results of the survey are available on the following link: http://www.analyticamk.org/en/events/596-public-opinion-survey-results