Armenia to eliminate age restrictions for  Police service

ArmInfo.  The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia proposes to eliminate the age restriction for the police service. The draft law was approved by the RA Government at its regular session on May 8.

The initiative's authors  emphasized the importance of  professional  training of community police personnel and replenishment as part of  ongoing reforms.  It is proposed that only individuals who have  received professional vocational education in this specialty from an  authorized educational institution can be eligible for the position  of community police officer. As for current police officers, their  appointment to the positions of middle, senior and main staff of the  community police will be carried out exclusively after completing the  appropriate training course in an educational institution of the  authorized body.