Armenian police-men to move to European standards

Armenian police will move to European standards. The move is part of program reforms approved at working group’s meeting chaired by the Secretary of Armenian National Security Council, Arthur Baghdasaryan. The working group decided to submit a program for four-year term approval.

According to the press service of the National Security Council of Armenia, Deputy Chief of Police, Arthur Osikyan, said that the reforms involve police facilities’ improving, strengthening of relations and trust between society and the police, calling in fight against crime, and providing public peace.

Artur Baghdasaryan, in his part, pointed the importance of compliance with European standards, underlined the meaning of program reforms in police, in particular, introduction of biometric passwords, he also mentioned fight against drug trafficking and weapons, and the introduction of a new educational system of training and retraining.