Operational functions are undertaken by the Mission’s Police Information and Operations Component which maintains a limited residual capability as second security responder and provides support to Kosovo Police’s crowd-and-riot control operational development.
More specifically, EULEX’s Formed Police Unit (FPU), which consists of 105 Polish Police Officers, acts as Kosovo’s second security responder, as part of a three-tiered security responder mechanism, whereby Kosovo Police is the first security responder, EULEX is the second, and the NATO-led KFOR mission is the third security responder. In its role as second security responder, EULEX FPU can only engage at the explicit request of the first security responder in order to contribute to the maintenance and promotion of public order and security in cases of civil disturbance, to protect the right to security, life, and property of all communities in Kosovo. To gain situational awareness, the FPU is conducting mobile reconnaissance patrols 24/7, working in shifts. The FPU regularly participates in crowd-and-riot control exercises together with the Kosovo Police and KFOR. The aim of such exercises is to ensure smooth coordination among the three security responders in case of real-life deployment.
EULEX also supports the Kosovo Police in the field of international police cooperation by facilitating the exchange of police information between the Kosovo Police and Interpol, Europol or the Serbian Ministry of Interior. From June 2018 to 14 June 2025, EULEX has received and sent 1,871 requests related to the exchange of information between Europol and the Kosovo Police and 3,653 requests related to the information exchange between the Kosovo Police and the Serbian Ministry of Interior, in line with the protocol on police cooperation between the two entities. The Mission also facilitates the exchange of information between the National Central Bureaus of Interpol and the Kosovo Police's International Law Enforcement Cooperation Unit under the umbrella of the Interpol Liaison Office within UNMIK. From June 2018 to 14 June 2025, EULEX Mission Members working in the Interpol Liaison Office within UNMIK received and sent 14,645 requests.
Through the Police Advisors Unit, the Mission advises the Regional Directorate of Police in Mitrovica North and the four police stations under its command on number of issues related to the provision of policing services, including community policing, and working in a multi-ethnic environment.
The Mission also assists the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office with logistic and operational support in line with relevant Kosovo legislation.
In addition, the Mission continues to manage its own witness protection programme.
