As of January of next year, base salaries of police officers in Kosovo will receive an increase. The new system of wages is presented by the Kosovo Police and Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it includes pay raises for police employees depending on their ranks. Increases are said to be from 20 t0 200 euros. The higher increase of 200 euros will include various experts in the field such as forensics. The lower increase of 20 euros for night shifts, and this will depend on the nights the officers are on duty.

Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Zenun Pajaziti, said that this system of salary increase is foreseen by the 2010 draft, which has just been approved by the Assembly of Kosovo, and it includes an additional 3.5 million euros for the implementation of the new salary system. Minister Pajaziti has continued to add that if good police work is continued, increases will be continued.

Director of Kosovo Police, Sharma Ahmeti, has said that since the existence of the Kosovo Police, 1,254 police officers have left the field voluntarily due to low salary. The new wage system, Ahmeti has described, is a motivation to fight crime and other negative phenomena in society. The new salary is supported by the Kosovo Police Union.