Police Tell More Than 11,000 Drivers To Turn Around And Catch Party Attendees: We’re Tired But Now We Will Control In Other Ways

The parties took place

The interlocutor of the program said that New Year’s Eve was really different.

“New Year’s Eve was really different than usual. The police forces monitored the central squares of the municipality where Christmas trees were installed. We saw that those squares were really very empty, there were practically no people, or only 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 as for what happened in people’s houses, we still see that the habits of our people are not changing, the celebration took place, our officers had to go to a series of family conflicts, barns among intoxicated people, that activity was enough, “said a police spokesman on New Year’s weekend. .

A. Paulauskas said that not everyone listened to the instruction to celebrate the New Year with a single family farm.

“It just came to our notice then. On New Year’s Eve, we recorded 35 violations when parties were held when residents of more than one household gathered. We marked those parties and their participants not with pleasant, but with violation protocols of New Year ”, said the speaker of the show.

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

He ordered about 11,000 to be turned over. cars

A. Paulauskas, Deputy General Commissioner of the Police, stated that during the long New Year’s weekend, around 11 thousand people were ordered to turn around on the country’s highways. cars.

“The intensity of the traffic may have been a little lower than usual, we continue and see that in some days it falls by 80 percent. But still, over the long New Years weekend, our officials ordered over 11,000 people to turn around. 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 there.

“This is not a justifiable reason to cross the limits of the municipality. The residents’ request is to find places to walk in their municipality, ”he said.

According to A. Paulauskas, the police officers are already tired of the traffic restrictions in force on 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 the same intensity, because our resources are limited. We cannot afford to keep those police posts permanently because the police officers need to rest. After intensive work, a certain number of days of rest must be provided. But we want to say that we are very actively looking for ways to employ technical solutions. Lithuanian roads are equipped with video cameras, “said a police representative.

He said in Delfi rytas that he would speak with IT specialists on Monday and at the same time look for the fastest ways to create a mobile application that would do the job of a policeman: control vehicles traveling 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 stuck to that night, maybe not all the time. Sometimes we see that a normal weekend after receiving benefits is bloodier than New Years Eve.” We really couldn’t tell that way. unequivocal that New Year’s Eve is marked by an exceptional outbreak of aggression, “he explained.

“We practically did not register any conflict in public places. (…) Regarding the closed spaces, there were irregularities. But many times the rest of the weekends, very often it is related to receiving benefits, there are more infractions, sometimes they are more bloody ”, said A. Paulauskas in the program“ Delfi rytas ”.