Tbilisi will have more patrol police crews
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Very soon Tbilisi will have more patrol police crews, Georgia’s Interior Minister Giorgi Mgebrishvili announced today.
He didn’t specify the number but stressed the increase was the part of the reform in his body.
The current number of police crews in the capital city is 116.
The Minister also said all policemen of the patrol police would undergo a mandatory training course and after the completion of the course they would have to take qualification exams.
Mgebrishvili said the trainings would be held at the Interior Ministry Academy and would cover theory, tactical studies and practical trainings.
Georgia’s Interior Minister dismissed his first deputy Besik Amiranashvili today and announced he would personally curate the criminal police earlier the fired police official was responsible for.
Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili met with European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Brussels today to discuss the recent decision to cancel visa-requirements for Georgians.
Two Georgian high officials sat down with France’s Interior Minister in Paris yesterday to discuss illegal migration, international organised crime and other issues relating to both nations.
Germany’s Federal Minister of Interior and vice premier of Bavaria, Joachim Herrmann, told Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili that he wished to see closer cooperation between German and Georgian law enforcement agencies.
Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Shalva Khutsishvili says that about 3,000 smart cameras will be installed in cities and regions in order to reduce the number of traffic violations.
A demerit points system, part of Georgia’s new traffic security legislation, comes into effect today.
The Minister made the statement today when announcing an information campaign for smart cameras which will automatically monitor road violations from November 1.
The criminal police should be more effective and should react more rapidly to the challenges that our society faces nowadays, says Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia.
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated today that providing better salaries and living conditions for police staff is becoming a priority for the government.
Georgian Patrol Police staff have been trained by employees of the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to launch a new working standard with simplified procedures at incident scenes.