Armenian police concerned over increase of assaults related robberies in
streets of Yerevan
Arminfo
2007-03-19 16:06:00
The Armenian Police is concerned over the increase of assaults related
to robberies in Yerevan’s streets, Major-General Nerses Nazaryan, the
chief of the Yerevan Municipal Police Department, said during a
press-conference, Monday.
According to him, the struggle against this phenomenon is one of the
priority tasks. The solution of this problem will be possible due to
an increase of number of police routes. N.Nazaryan noted that the
number of policemen is insufficient. Therefore, most part of the
routes are focused in the center of the city, as there are a lot of
people in this part of the city and, as a result, a great number of
crimes are committed here. He pointed out that the matter concerns the
lack of law-enforcers. Now there are about 70 of them, and their wages
range from 55 thsd to 75 thsd AMD.
To note, the cases of assaults related to robbery have lately become
more frequent in the outlying areas of Yerevan. As a rule, the
assaults occur not very late – around 8-9 PM. Robbers attack mainly
women. A criminal sneaks up behind the victim and snatches her bag.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
