The Ethics Committee of the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) announced that, in connection with the video recording of the attack by the Border Police Sector officer on an Albanian citizen, at the session on February 20, it took the position that the case should be declared (give an opinion) after the completion of the proceedings before the Interior Ministry. control.
"This is due to the fact that internal control has a greater scope of competence, and can listen to police officers, take statements, collect additional data, which the Ethics Committee will appreciate and finally give an opinion", they added in the announcement.
They note that the Ethics Committee had no insight into the video published on Tuesday (February 21), but only the video published on January 17.
"A video of this event appeared in the media on January 17, 2023. On the same day, the president of the Ethics Committee sent the other members an initiative to evaluate the ethics of the actions of police officers of the Border Police Sector. The first meeting of the Ethics Committee after this initiative was held on January 23 and the members considered the case, i.e. analyzed the then available video," the statement reads.
They state that in order to gain insight into all the circumstances, the Ethics Committee requested the addition of documentation from the Border Police Sector.
"Case files formed in relation to the actions of police officers were duly submitted to the Ethics Committee by the SGP, and were considered by the Ethics Committee at the session held on February 20 of this year," they conclude in the announcement.
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