ArmInfo. Individual traffic police officers have lost a sense of reality to such a degree, or are so confident in their own impunity that they openly demonstrate corruption behavior, in other words, behave impudently. Speaking at an enlarged meeting of the RA Police Board, President Serzh Sargsyan stated.
Speaking about the work of the Traffic Police, the President stressed in particular: "The process of reforms in the Road Police has been and remains one of my priorities." I think it is obvious for our drivers that in recent years the improvement has improved traffic police contacts with citizens, and it must also be acknowledged that the manifestations of abuse have been reduced to a minimum.Of course, a policeman must be intrepid in his work and not reconcile with lawlessness, but this does not mean at all that the police on the street must be a warden with a whip. " The policeman, the head of state said, should guide the citizen, help and explain the right road.
"In the context of the ever-increasing traffic in the city of Yerevan, a courteous explanation and warning can sometimes have a much greater impact than a mechanical discharge of a fine." Such behavior will undoubtedly increase the respect and trust of the public towards the policeman. another, which means that different methods should be used in the work, "he said. The President noted that the "Concept of reforms of the traffic police system" approved in the beginning of the year in this near future will yield its notable results. "At the same time, I can not help but share the indignation of our drivers, connected with the unscrupulous and sometimes criminal behavior of some inspectors." Individual traffic police officers have lost a sense of reality to such an extent or are so confident in their own impunity that they openly demonstrate corruption behavior, in other words , behave brazenly. "They are not even embarrassed by the fact that this is fixed by a video camera attached to their uniforms," the president was indignant.