US provides equipment for Georgian police to prevent road accidents
A total of 4,999 road accidents were reported in Georgia in 2020, with 450 killed and 6,640 injured. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Facebook.
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The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the US (INL) has provided equipment for road safety insurance to the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Modern equipment will help prevent road accidents and increase road safety.
A total of 10,838 road accidents were reported in Georgia in 2019-2020, with 931 killed and 14,561 injured. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs/Facebook.
A total of 4,999 road accidents were reported in Georgia in 2020, with 450 killed and 6,640 injured.
The INL has been cooperating with the Georgian Interior Ministry for many years and has implemented projects in the fight against domestic violence, cybercrime, traffic safety, crime prevention, and trafficking.
4,999 road accidents were reported in Georgia in 2020, with 450 killed and 6,640 injured, the Georgian National Statistics Office has reported based on the data of the Interior Ministry.
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.
The Bureau of Intl Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the US Department of State has provided LiDAR laser technology to the Georgian Patrol Police in order to prevent traffic accidents in the country.
Georgian patrol police officers and representatives of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia have undergone training in driving vehicles in extreme situations at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in the United States.
The European Union has provided laboratory equipment to the Georgian Ministry of Interior to improve technical capacities and effectively investigate crimes, announces the EU Delegation to Georgia.
A secretariat of the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory will be opened in Georgia, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia. The European Union announced an expression of interest in selecting the host country of the organisation in February 2021, in which Georgia's candidacy won.
The ruling Georgian Dream party will support the legislative initiative of opposition MPs from Citizens party Aleko Elisashvili and Levan Ioseliani on improving liability for driving and tightening related sanctions, announces Georgian Dream party chair Mamuka Mdinaradze.
The Georgian parliament has approved a bill in its second reading which imposes tougher sanctions, including administrative detention, for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has given modern equipment for document inspection to the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
A €1.3 million twinning project on road safety has come into effect in Georgia under the European Union (EU) assistance, the Economy Ministry announced on Thursday.
The Embassy of the United States to Georgia presented the Security Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia with metal detector hardware on Thursday, the Ministry revealed.
The Police Academy of Georgia has received a firearms training simulator from the United States Embassy to Georgia on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two states, Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili on Tuesday said road accidents across Georgia had decreased by 6.7 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year.