Friday, June 7 2024 14:45

ArmInfo.A police guard will be established in Armenia. The RA National Assembly Committee on Defense  and Security, at its first reading on June 7, issued a positive conclusion on the draft law submitted by the RA government.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan, who presented  the draft, emphasized that the draft law had undergone a lengthy  stage of discussions, including during parliamentary hearings. The  guard will be engaged in ensuring public order, protecting  facilities, transporting special cargo and other functions not  related to the protection of the state, which distinguishes it from  police troops. It will be formed from the police forces, the Main  Directorate of State Police Security, special police units, and the  Main Directorate of Criminal Police. It is very important that the  new structure does not repeat other functions. The Guard will be  under the general leadership of the Chief of Police. The draft law  defines the status, composition, tasks and functions of the Police  Guard, as well as the rights and obligations of its employees,  including the proportionality of their use of force. The Police Guard  will operate under civilian management and parliamentary control.  Territorial units of direct subordination will also be created to  ensure security in several regions of the country. Thus, as the  Deputy Minister noted, the reforms in the police field provided and  provide for four main areas - the establishment of the Patrol  Service, Criminal Police, Municipal Police and Police Guard. In the  fall of this year, it is planned to launch the Criminal and Municipal  Police. Each of these bodies will have its own leader, who will be  subordinate to the Chief of Police. In the case of the Police Guard,  it is planned to begin recruiting employees who must apply to the  Ministry of Internal Affairs with an application and take part in the  retraining process, which will begin in early October. Anyone who  wishes to take part in the retraining will be able to do so, but the  final decision will be made if the applicants' results are positive.