THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS With regards to the public perception of the State Police, the public displays a largely confident perception regarding its trust in this institution. This level of trust which is mostly positive(33.9 percent mostly trust it, 29.06 percent trust it a lot, and only 19.82 percent and 17.04 percent trust it a little or not at all respectively), is in stark contrast to the colossal level of attention that is given to its corruption, and the viciousness of the crimes that it is accused of almost daily in the political discourse. 50.00% 37.50% 25.00% 12.50% Trust in government agencies institutions on security provision 32.38% 41.26% 36.59% 25.11% 17.76% 14.26% 10.49% 12.65% 8.61% 33.90% 29.06% 19.82% 17.04% 34.2363%.00% 18.92% 12.11% 0.00% SHISH 0.90% Fire Service Somewhat A lot 0.18% State Police A little 1.70% Armed Forces Graph no.4 Trust in government agencies institutions on security provision Nevertheless, the State Police have been at the center of an ongoing process of reform and vetting, initiated in the same light as the justice vetting process, to discern whether both high, middle, and low ranking officials within the police establishment are unsullied with regards to corruption, academic achievements or relations to criminal forces. The process which started in 2018 has been organized similarly to the justice vetting, with much of the same indicators for the evaluation of their character, legitimacy of their wealth and property à propos to their wages, and their academic achievements. The process has been organized starting from the highest-ranking directors to the lowest-ranking inspectors. In this element, we can deduce a problem with the police vetting process. If a middle-ranking official(who would be far down the list chronologically for their vetting procedures) is appointed to a high ranking position while undergoing the vetting process, the chronological list would not change, meaning that this hypothetical official would still be at the bottom of the list priority wise as if he/she was still in their previous rank. Also, the process has been largely slow, with only 16 of 250 of the high-ranking officials having finished their vetting procedures. Considering that the entire police structure must undergo this process, it is truly difficult to determine just how many years this process will take. With regards to results, unlike the justice reform, the results of the police 76