THE STRUCTURE

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UNMIK PILLARS

The UN Mission in Kosovo is build on four basic pillars (see the chart below). The international police force is under the Civil Administration Pillar. It is commanded by a Police Commissioner. He exercises all operational, technical and disciplinary authority over all police personnel. The Commissioner reports to the Special Representative.

POLICE STRUCTURE

The UNMIK Police headquarters are in Pristina. Following chain of command, HQ supervise their specialized sections as well as the three components, the UNMIK Police is made up of: Civilian Police, Special Police Units and Border Police. CIVPOL has five regional headquarters in Pristina, Pec, Gnjilane, Prizren and Mitrovica. The regional HQ supervise police stations located in their area of responsibility

Indian SPU presentation.