Police Chief pays a working visit to Aragatsotn marz and meets with local authorities (VIDEO and PHOTOS)
On Wednesday March 5 Head of Police of the Republic of Armenia Lieutenant General Vladimir Gasparyan paid a working visit to Aragatsotn marz where he met with senior officers of Aragatsotn marz Department of the RA Police and representatives of Aragatsotn marz administration.
During the meeting convoked at Aragatsotn marz Department Vladimir Gasparyan touched upon the main tasks set before the police territorial subdivisions, attaching special importance to the professional training courses held for police officers.
The Police Chief demanded to combat such vicious phenomena like crime concealment, improper treatment of citizens, use of force when taking testimony and etc. Vladimir Gasparyan instructed to carry out active prophylactic works with local population, improve the quality of police services, combat illegal arms and ammunition trafficking, detect and render harmless criminal elements and their associated "families".
The Police Chief required that the Heads of police territorial subdivisions should render assistance to the local Yezidi community taking into account their national features.
After the working conference Vladimir Gasparyan met with local community heads at Aragatsotn marzpetaran. During the meeting the Police Chief drew the attention of the conference participants to the main problems police officers deal with while carrying out works with juveniles and stated that new inspector general positions will be created at 3 high schools in Aragatsotn marz.
The Police Chief urged the participants of the meeting to make their own contribution to detect and prevent illicit trafficking in firearms and ammunition, reminding that a person who voluntarily surrendered weapons will be completely exempt from criminal liability.
Summarizing the results of the meeting, Vladimir Gasparyan assured that the current police reforms are no longer revocable and stated that only having a high level of public confidence we can jointly complete the planned programs.