Police detain former head of Patrol Police Department for domestic violence
David Tsinaridze was dismissed from his role as the former Head of Patrol Police Department in 2015. Photo: Police.ge.
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Police have detained the former head of Patrol Police Department David Tsinaridze for domestic violence.
Rustavi 2 reports that Tsinaridze fired off a firearm at his wife, though she was not injured.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that an investigation is underway into threats against a family member.
Tsinaridze was dismissed from his role as the former head of Patrol Police Department in 2015.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvii met with representatives of the public, local non-governmental and international organisations to discuss steps to be taken against domestic violence in the country.
4,564 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2019, Deputy Interior Minister Nino Tsatsiashvili said at a briefing today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has presented a bill to the government of Georgia which aims to prevent domestic violence and ensure better protection and further support for victims of violence.
A law drafted by the Georgian Interior Ministry has come into force today which makes the punishment for certain forms of domestic violence more severe. The law also reads that should a restraining order be violated, an individual will face criminal charges.
Abusing a family member will become punishable by two years in prison instead of the current one year.The punishment will be more severe if the act of violence is committed in the presence of a minor.
Avtandil Kharadze, the ex-husband of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee head, Sopo Kiladze has been charged with domestic violence.
Police identified 9,144 victims of domestic violence and 8,716 abusers throughout Georgia in 2020, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).