Police hands over jewelry stores ChOPam
Provide private security guards to search the right to detain and passersby offers the first Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy. In addition, private owners will give all jewelery shops and other commercial sites, now guarded by private security, and perhaps return of weapons surrendered by them not so long ago to balance the police. The need to give private security companies (PSC) new powers to the Interior Ministry explained the reduction of police staff - agency can not cope with street crime.
Body for coordination of police with private security and detective agencies was created by order of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev last fall. Yesterday at the Interior Ministry building the first meeting of the Coordinating Council. Chaired the first deputy minister Alexander Gorovoy said that "for a 20-percent reduction of internal affairs assistance of private security organizations is vital for the maintenance of public order." A police general admitted that the agency is experiencing "difficulties in preventing and solving crimes, especially on the streets and in public places."
Work at significantly ChOPov soon be added, as the main player in the market - private security MIA - will go to private facilities. According to Mr. Gorovoy because downsizing units VOHR soon sever contractual relations with all commercial entities. State Guard will remain solely on the strategically important sites, which list in the next month and a half, the government will prepare.
Today vohrovtsy protect most jewelry and fur shops, stores, car showrooms. "I beg to monitor this situation as quickly as possible and take the vacated space," - Deputy Interior Minister appealed to the heads of enterprises in the sphere of security.
The second good news for the security community was the statement by Mr. Gorovoy ChOPam the return of weapons. "The Ministry is considering a return to the old system of property for weapons," - said the first deputy minister, immediately stressed that only "with the mandatory withdrawal armory on centralized control of the police." Today weapon used by guards, is listed on the balance sheet and the Interior Ministry issued ChOPov structures as needed. In doing so, there is a weapon ChOPy advance rent.
But the major change from which chopovtsy already rubbing their hands, and human rights activists are prepared to be indignant, was the statement by the Deputy Minister to confer the powers of private security officers. We are talking about changes in the law on the rights granted to employees ChOPov inspection and detention of citizens for gross violations of public order and crime. "Perhaps, at first on a limited list of objects", - said Mr. Gorovoy. Now chopovtsy not have such rights - if any incident they should call the police.
"This is a gross violation of law and order when the offender can escape before the arrival of the police crew - theft, robbery, disorderly conduct, assault, violations of public events," - said the source of RBC daily in the Interior Ministry.
"The basic tool for the maintenance of public order can and should be fire-detective structure," - said the Chairman of the All-Russian Union of non-state security sector Dmitry Galochkin. "In many countries, including the CIS, such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and an institution of a civil detention, where every citizen is entitled to delay the act of the offender and bring him to the police station," - said a member of the independent expert and legal advice, Professor HSE Sergei Pashin.