RA Anticorruption Committee reveals police crime 

ArmInfo.The Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia has revealed cases of abuse of office, official forgery and complicity in the commission of the above-mentioned  crimes by 11 police officers.

According to the information provided by the department, on August  16, 2024, four officers of the operational group of the Vagharshapat  police department and five patrol battalion of the Armavir regional  police patrol service, having received a call, arrived at a  restaurant complex in the Parakar community and learned of a case of  hooliganism involving guests, accompanied by bodily injuries. They  noticed a number of clues, including blood stains, which they  reported to the official acting head of the Vagharshapat department.

However, the latter illegally instructed the police officers to  return to the police department instead of performing their official  duties, and the police officers who processed the call falsified the  relevant documents.

As a result, the above-mentioned police officers failed to fulfill  their official duties - they did not take measures to find out  information about the alleged perpetrators and victims, did not  ensure the safety of the scene of the incident and evidence, did not  draw up a crime report, as a result of which the severity of the  crime and the perpetrators were not identified.

The official, who served as the head of the Vagharshapat police  department, was charged under Article 441, Part 2, Clause 4 of the  Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. Suspension of powers and  house arrest were applied to him as a combined preventive measure.  Another 10 police officers were charged under Article 441, Part 2,  Clause 4, Article 445, Part 1, Articles 46-441, Part 2, Clause 4 and  Part 1 of Article 46-445. A combined preventive measure in the form  of a written undertaking not to leave and suspension of powers was  chosen for the accused. The preliminary investigation of the criminal  case has been completed, the case materials together with the  indictment have been sent to the Anti-Corruption Court of the  Republic of Armenia.