ARMENIA’S POLICE FORCE AIMS TO RESTORE PEOPLE’S TRUST IN THEM

Tert
Nov 4 2009
Armenia

Over a 9-month period this year, Armenia’s police force, besides
carrying out its main functions, made efforts to restore people’s
trust towards them. It is for that reason that over those nine months,
55 police officers were subjected to disciplinary accountability,
while 633 officers experienced disciplinary punishment, some of whom
were demoted, said head of the Republic of Armenia police public
relations and information department, Sayat Shirinyan, at a press
conference today.

Shirinyan also presented the work carried out by the police over the
nine months, stating once more that the rate of almost all types of
crime increased, but, at the same time, the level of resolving them
increased as well.

Sayat Shirinyan stated that over that period, murder and intentional
homicide cases increased, 931 units of firearms were handed over by
people or confiscated, cases of drug trafficking increased (815 cases),
there were 652 cases of economic crime and 398 cases of bribery. During
nine months of this year, there were 1,409 road traffic accidents,
which caused the death of 232 people and injured 1,065. This indicator
also increased as compared to that of the past year.