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He has already accumulated almost 30 years of work experience in the home affairs system. November 12 Commissioner General Renatas Požėla, who heads the Lithuanian Police Department and is said to have seen it all through his service, 15 minutes he stated that the past few years have been relatively undramatic. Four events that killed 3 people at once, a police officer shot while on duty, and the kidnapping of a girl (who didn’t even exist) shocked the public, but in hindsight, the Year of the Rat was not the criminogen in black.
“We can be glad we don’t have the resonance events of the scale that happened every year,” the police chief said. He also welcomed the fact that 2020 confirmed a long-term positive trend in the criminogenic situation: the total number of crimes was steadily decreasing every year.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Renatas Požėla
Požėla pointed out that the “side effects” of the pandemic, in terms of public safety and policing issues, were twofold: on the one hand, pandemic management and quarantine requirements became almost the most important task for officials this year and seemed to distract them from the important task. routine work. However, the application of various government restrictions also led to a decrease in public order violations, robberies and robberies in 2020. This trend in a year in which it was legal to walk everywhere with your face hidden under a mask ( on the contrary, citizens who did not do so were threatened with a fine) it is truly gratifying.
“I want to thank all the services and social partners for their help, as well as the people of Lithuania, for their understanding and support,” said R. Požėla. 15 minutes remember the most resounding crimes and police clashes of 2020.
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