Editing Georgia (country) (section)

=== Law enforcement ===
{{Main|Law enforcement in Georgia (country)}}
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is charged with internal law enforcement. In recent years, the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has undergone a radical transformation, with the police having now absorbed a great many duties previously performed by dedicated independent government agencies. New duties performed by the police include border security and customs functions and contracted security provision; the latter function is performed by the dedicated 'security police'.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

In 2005, President [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] fired the entire traffic police force (numbering around 30,000 police officers) of the Georgian National Police due to corruption.<ref name="mcclatchydc.com">{{cite web|author=Mark McDonald, Knight Ridder Newspapers |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/190/story/11216.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111043128/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/190/story/11216.html  |archive-date=11 January 2013 |title=Firing of traffic police force stands as a symbol of hope in Georgia &#124; McClatchy |publisher=Mcclatchydc.com |access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4849472 |title=Georgia's National Police Corruption Project |publisher=NPR |date=15 September 2005 |access-date=30 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127222146/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4849472 |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new force was then subsequently built around new recruits.<ref name="mcclatchydc.com" /> The [[US State Department|U.S. State Department]]'s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement Affairs has provided assistance to the training efforts and continues to act in an advisory capacity.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120707233212/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OXU/is_8_60/ai_n15387346 Building security in the Republic of Georgia] ''Andrew Stamer'' Retrieved 1 June 2007</ref>

The new ''Patruli'' force was first introduced in the summer of 2005 to replace the traffic police, a force which was accused of widespread corruption.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.president.gov.ge/?l=E&m=0&sm=3&st=120&id=211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614173627/http://www.president.gov.ge/?l=E&m=0&sm=3&st=120&id=211  |archive-date=14 June 2011 |title=Remarks by President Saakashvili at the CIS Summit in Tbilisi |publisher=President of Georgia |date=3 June 2005 |access-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> The police introduced a 0–2–2 (currently, 1–1–2) [[Emergency telephone number|emergency dispatch]] service in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgia.usembassy.gov/wardenmessage20041019.html |title=Security Notice |publisher=American Embassy Tbilisi |access-date=23 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815111418/http://georgia.usembassy.gov/wardenmessage20041019.html |archive-date=15 August 2007 }}</ref>