Police Hand Over 11,000 Drivers and Catch Party Goers – We’re Tired, But Now We Will Control In Other Ways

The parties took place

The interlocutor of the program said that the night of New Years Eve was really different than usual.

“New Year’s Eve was really different than usual. The police forces monitored the central squares of the municipality, where Christmas trees were installed. What we saw was that those squares were really very empty, those people were practically absent, or just there were units. As for public spaces, we can say that this New Year’s night was exceptional, “said A. Paulauskas.

He said the fact is gratifying because people have heard the call to stay home.

“And when it comes to what happened in people’s houses, what we see is that the habits of our people do not change, the celebration was held, our officials had more than one family conflict, barns between intoxicated people, those activities they were enough. ” assessed by a police spokesman.

A. Paulauskas stated that certainly not everyone heard the instruction to celebrate the New Year with a single family farm.

“It just came to our attention then. On New Year’s Eve, we recorded 35 violations when parties were held when residents of more than one household gathered. We have recorded such violations. We mark those parties and their participants with those not very pleasant ones. , but with the New Year’s rape protocols, ”said the program’s interviewer.

A. Paulauskas said that the neighbors were active and complained about the neighbors organizing the parties.

He turned about 11 thousand. cars

Police Deputy Commissioner General A. Paulauskas stated that during the long New Year’s weekend, about 11,000 people turned on the country’s roads. cars.

“The intensity of the traffic can be a little lower than usual, we continue and see that in some days it drops by 80 percent. However, over the long New Year’s weekend, our officials turned in 11,000. transport. This shows that a large number of people tried to reach other municipalities without having a reason to go somewhere, “he said.

The interlocutor of the show stressed that the desire to walk in another municipality is not a sufficient reason to travel to another municipality.

“This is not a justifiable reason to cross the limits of the municipality. It is a request for the neighbors to find those places to walk in their municipality, ”he said.

According to A. Paulauskas, the police officers are already tired of the traffic restrictions in force for the third weekend. Another great challenge awaits: control of the movement practically until January 31. That was decided by the cabinet on Sunday.

“As you know, we cannot continue to implement these measures with that intensity, because our resources are limited. We cannot maintain those police posts permanently because police officers need that break. After that, intensive work must receive a certain number and days of rest. But what we mean is that we are looking intensively for ways to contract technical solutions. Lithuanian roads are equipped with video surveillance cameras, “said a police representative.

He said in Delfi rytas that he would speak with IT specialists on Monday, with whom he would look for the fastest ways to create a mobile application that would do the job of a policeman: control vehicles that travel to other municipalities.

The epithet of the bloodiest night doesn’t fit

A police spokesman said there was no need to paste the title of the bloodiest night on New Year’s Eve.

“I don’t know, that epithet is attached to that night, maybe not all the time. Sometimes we see that a normal weekend after receiving benefits is bloodier than New Year’s Eve. But we really couldn’t tell which way unequivocal that that night was marked by some exceptional outbreak of aggression, “he explained.

A. Paulauskas said that often the usual weekend after receiving benefits is even bloodier.

“We practically did not register any conflict in public places. (…) As for closed spaces, there were those violations. But in the case of other frequent weekends, very often those related to the receipt of benefits are registered and more infractions are registered, sometimes they are bloodier “, said A. Paulauskas in the program” Delfi rytas “.