Some small differences are recorded when considering citizens living in rural and suburban areas, who feel that police presence is less sufficient than those living in urban areas(as shown in graph 2). Is the police in your neighborhood/ village sufficiently present? 60 52.3 50 45.1 40 33.4 31.7 30 20.9 20 15.6 10 0 Yes Somewhat Suburban/Rural No Urban 0.6 0.3 Don’t know Graph 2: Level of satisfaction with police presence from those living in urban areas compared to rural/suburban ones. Additionally, the number of citizens who consider the municipal police as a contributor to security has dropped significantly compared to the previous year, from 4% to 1.8%(see graph 3). Overall, a comparison of the recent and previous Security Barometer data shows a tendency of decreasing satisfaction with the police, especially with the municipal police and the cooperation between the police and local government. This is reflected, although slightly, in the overall perception of the State Police as a contributor to security for which a decrease of 3.8 percent is recorded compared to previous data. 14