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Gledis Nano: Today is a day when not only and simply we will make a balance of the work of the State Police, in the progress of one of the most important events of the UEFA Conference League, which took place in Albania, at the stadium “Air Albania”, but as keynote of this meeting, I as the General Director of the State Police, have thanks to all the police officers who engaged and faced one of the biggest international football events.
Throughout its history, not only the State Police, but also our entire country had not faced the weight of organizing such an event. This was a first experience of this magnitude, which showed that the Albanian Police was not found unprepared, I even have to say that seeing the experiences and consequences caused in some of the cities of European countries in matches of this magnitude, Albania marked one of the most anticipated successes in this regard.
Undoubtedly, the extraordinary influx of fans and sports personalities in Albania, influenced many of them to break the mentality that Albania is an unsafe country. On the contrary, they in these days of stay said that our country offers more than their expectations and here I mean everything, every cultural, artistic, sports and geographical resource that identifies and presents our country.
A few hours ago, in Tirana, the final of the UEFA Conference League was successfully concluded, between the teams of Rome – Italy and Feyenoord – Netherlands.
An activity of extraordinary proportions, which required a detailed plan, maximum commitment, professionalism, cooperation and understanding.
For the first time, the State Police drafted a plan of bold and risky measures, a plan which, thanks to the dedication and professionalism of the State Police structures, was successfully finalized.
For 5 months in a row, in cooperation with the Italian and Dutch counterparts, with UEFA and FSHF, the police experts have worked hard to detail each measure, in order for this activity of European proportions to be successfully completed.
Also, in assessing the security measures for this international football match, as well as in fulfilling the obligations deriving from the directives of the Council of Europe, for the direct and fast exchange of information between the Police structures with those of their counterparts from other countries. , in April of this year, in the General Directorate of State Police, a national point for the exchange of information for international football matches was set up, which from the first day of its establishment was in constant communication and exchange of information not only with those of Italy and the Netherlands, but also of other neighboring and European countries, to obtain the best models of the practice of policing football matches of an international dimension.
The State Police, using the positive experience for planning, organizing and managing the situation of public order and security during the development of international football matches, based on our legislation, as well as the conditions and infrastructure offered by “Air Albania Stadium”, as far as In terms of security, drafted a detailed action plan for all police structures and services, for the implementation of which a total of 2800 police officers were engaged.
All these measures were implemented professionally by all structures of the State Police.
There have been 3 incidents, namely:
-strike with strong tools between a group of Dutch fans and Albanian citizens, for which two Dutch fans were arrested;
-violent clash with the Police of a group of Dutch fans;
-violent clash with the Police of a group of Italian fans.
As you are aware, the reaction of the State Police structures has been professional and decisive, because the clash was prevented in time with the consequences of groups of fans of both teams, to whom the Police seized knives, wooden sticks, iron levers, stone plates. , glass bottles and other life-threatening items. Following the measures, in addition to the legal prosecution forwarding the investigative materials to the Prosecutor’s Office, the State Police expelled 80 ultras fans of the Rome team abroad. 19 police officers were injured in the violent clashes, and I take this opportunity to once again publicly wish them a speedy recovery.
Special measures were implemented by the State Police, to guarantee security during the activities for the reception of sports fans of both teams in “Fan Zones”, for sports fans of both teams, where there were no incidents or events with Italian and Dutch citizens. .
Before and during the development of this important activity, we paid special attention to the cooperation with all actors and factors that had a role in the progress of the activity, among which we mention:
– The Municipality of Tirana and the Municipal Police.
– Fire Service.
– Albanian Football Federation.
– Rinas Airport Authorities, Tirana and Tirana Aviation Control authorities.
– Durrës Port Authority.
– Private security companies (stewards and security personnel).
– Hospitals, health centers and first aid.
– Volunteers.
We had a very good cooperation before and during the development of this activity with the police services of both countries, Italy and the Netherlands. Groups of officers from these two countries were directly involved in the field, together with the State Police officers, in order to ensure the smooth running of this activity.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks for their direct support and contribution to the progress of this important activity, to all Dutch and Italian Police officers, in particular to the colleagues of the Office for Public Order and Security. The State Police Department, at the Central Police Directorate for Prevention, of the Rome Police Department, which belong to the cabinet office and Digo, as well as the Office of the Security Expert Interforce Tirana.
I thank the Kosovo Police for responding to the invitation to send a group of specialists of different levels, in order to come to the aid of the State Police, to manage the fans who came from Kosovo, as well as to gain experience in management of activities of such magnitude that occur rarely in our region.
This activity of European proportions would not be successfully concluded if we did not have the understanding and support of the citizens of Tirana, but also the whole country, whom today, on behalf of the State Police, I want to sincerely thank for all support and guarantee that the State Police is at their service, so that together we can continue to build a safer environment for the future of our children.
At the same time, I want to thank local and foreign journalists and assure them that the State Police prioritizes relations with the media. We need their support and opposition and in this case it is time to support the State Police, for all this excellent work that it did in the interest of the image of the country, reflecting in the eyes of the world a capable, professional and determined to enforce the law.
I would like to thank the leaders of the central and local structures of the Police and all the employees of the State Police, who with dedication and professionalism successfully faced the guarantee of order and security, as well as continued uninterrupted police operations, despite the extraordinary workload they had due of activity.
Only in the last two days, several wanted persons have been arrested and several police operations have been carried out to crack down on criminal activity in the field of illegal possession of weapons, attempting to cultivate narcotic plants, providing assistance for illegal border crossing, etc. at the end of my speech, the gratitude for the Police forces, the prudence and professionalism shown by them, the culture and tolerance of the Albanian society, the willingness of many of the cooperating institutions, is the truest appreciation for what was achieved at the beginning and end of this historic football matches.
In these three days it was clearly noticed that the Albanian citizenship was intertwined with the responsibility of the national security structures and this reflected the Albania that we aimed to build with a lot of sacrifices, dedication and will in these thirty years. Thank you once again and I believe and hope that the way for the organization of major events in terms of national security programs in coordination with the structures of international law enforcement agencies, is now open and safer.
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