Cyprus police to end delivery of national guard reservist notices

The Cyprus Police, under instructions from Chief of Police Themistos Arnaoutis, will discontinue the long-standing practice of delivering personal summons papers (FAP) to National Guard reservists. For years, police officers at local stations were responsible for notifying reservists to attend military training exercises, a duty that police unions frequently criticized as an unnecessary burden given their already high operational workload.

The transition process is set to take place over a six-month period, during which police will only deliver notices to specific locations. Starting from February 2027, the National Guard will assume full and sole responsibility for the delivery of these summonses. This administrative shift is designed to streamline military procedures, centralize the management of reservists under direct military authority, and improve overall accountability within the defense framework by removing civilian law enforcement from the internal military administrative chain.