Kyrgyzstan: police salaries doubled in recent years, Adylbek Kasymaliev says

Kyrgyz Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev congratulated police officers on their professional holiday on 1 November 2026. In his address, he thanked active internal affairs personnel and veterans and cited their work in maintaining public order and fighting crime and corruption.

According to Kasymaliev, police salaries have doubled in recent years, and salaries of officers in the remote Batken region have quadrupled. Between 2021 and 2026, 724 police officers were provided with apartments. Over the past four years, the ministry's vehicle fleet was 95 percent renewed and more than 200 facilities were built and commissioned.

More than 10,000 video cameras have been installed nationwide, and mobile reception points and digital expert centres have opened. Kasymaliev said that compared with previous years, registered crime fell by 78 percent and flagrant public order violations dropped by 69 percent.