Arpine Sargsyan: Failure to pass certification will result in dismissal of police officers

ArmInfo. Failure to pass  certification by police officers will result in their dismissal, as  stated by Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan at the  hearings in the Armenian parliament on November 4, addressing the  challenges that municipal police encounter when passing shooting  certification.  As Sargsyan explained, the police certification  system includes several mandatory stages for all employees.   According to her, these stages were not randomly selected: but are  necessary for conducting an objective assessment of the employees'  potential.

The Minister also noted that both formal and informal retraining  courses are organized so that employees have the opportunity to  prepare for certification within three years. "If there are employees  who ultimately fail it, this will be grounds for their dismissal,"  the minister emphasized. "There is no problem here. It is logical  that in the absence of proper education over several years,  difficulties may arise. Therefore, we provide the opportunity through  education and repeated certification to acquire the necessary  knowledge for the successful completion of the process," Sargsyan  concluded.