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The heads of the Klaipėda County Police Chief Commissariat, with remote participation of the Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla, representatives of the Lithuanian Police Union, the social partners and the county municipalities, presented the 2020 performance report.
Klaipeda LSC / Discussion participants
Raimondas Vaitkevičius, Deputy Director of Klaipėda County LSC, presenting the criminogenic situation in the county, emphasized that the number of crimes in Klaipėda County is decreasing during 2020. 4588 crimes were recorded in the whole county, which is 739 less than in 2019, when 5327 crimes were registered and this is the lowest number of crimes in the last five years.
The number of criminal offenses in Klaipeda County is decreasing. 2020 especially theft and fraud decreased.
Thefts, illicit possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without the purpose of distribution and fraud have been reduced in particular. The number of drunk driving cases has increased in 2020. recorded 486, 2019. – 396 offenses of this type.
Fewer homicides
Serious and extremely serious crimes in 2020 he registered slightly more: 221, compared to 2019. However, there were 196 fewer homicides in our county last year: nine and in 2019 he was 13 years old.
Major fraud cases have dropped to more than half from 73 recorded in 2019 to 33 by 2020. Over the past five years, there has been a trend for serious and extremely serious crimes to be declining in Klaipėda County .
Klaipėda County officials also had the highest crime investigation success over the past 5 years. For example, in 2020. Nearly 94 percent of public order violations, nearly 81 percent of fraud, and nearly 56 percent of homicides were investigated.
Grigeo Klaipeda scandal
One of the toughest of 2020. Pretrial investigations have concerned environmental contamination from untreated sewage. Officials from the Klaipėda County Criminal Police LSC Serious Crimes Investigation Board started it in January, suspecting that AB Grigeo Klaipėda has been discharging raw industrial wastewater from reservoirs into the Curonian Lagoon since 2012, and possibly before.
The Police carried out criminal intelligence operations for three months, during which they identified the place of discharge, the illegal pipeline and the discharge mechanism.
It is suspected that up to 3,000 cubic meters per day could have been released. meter. pollutants.
Officials conducted criminal intelligence for three months, identifying the discharge site, the illegal pipeline, and the discharge mechanism. Together with specialists from the Environmental Protection Agency, they took samples of Vilnius’ sewage at night for 2 months.
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After gathering the necessary evidence, searches were made, an illegal pipeline was unearthed and significant damage to the environment was found.
Kilograms of cocaine
Last year, officials from the Klaipėda County Criminal Police LSC Organized Crime Investigation Board became the winners of the “Sequel of the Year” contest; this title was won by Klaipėda County officials for the second year in a row. In 2017, an investigation was launched into the illegal possession, acquisition and transportation of large quantities of drugs for profit.
It turned out that in 2017, two men packed and sealed more than 1.5 kg of the drug in 6 cans.
It is suspected that in 2017, two men packed and sealed more than 1.5 kg of the drug, which contained 1,033.28 g of cocaine, in 6 cans.
One of them took the drugs to Kaunas and gave them to a third man. It was agreed that the drugs will be sold for 50 thousand. euros. During the transfer, 10 thousand. The remaining amount of money had to be transferred after the sale of the cocaine. Canned cocaine cans were found at a man’s home in the Klaipeda district, and police officers conducting a search found them and took them away in the spring of 2017.
The pre-trial investigation revealed evidence that the suspect had persuaded an innocent person to blame the money to avoid criminal liability for the cocaine purchase, with an attorney defending him and another person.
Other criminal episodes, including corruption, have been identified and a large-scale pre-trial investigation has been launched into possible corruption offenses by judges, lawyers and others of high rank. The aforementioned pre-trial investigation is ongoing and the case of possession of a large quantity of drugs (cocaine) has been isolated and referred to the courts.
23 people died in the accidents
Road safety is also one of the top priorities of the Klaipėda County Police. Statistics show that the situation on county roads is improving, in 2020. There were 383 traffic accidents, in which 10 people were injured, 10 fewer than in 2019, and 418 people were injured, 74 fewer than the previous year . Unfortunately, 2020 killed four more people than in 2019. – 23.
Measures introduced last year – mobile speedometers, private patrols, and contactless violation logging – are expected to bring positive changes to ensure safety on county roads. Last year, 33,279 cases of speeding with mobile speedometers were recorded across the county, mainly in Klaipėda City (18,302) and Klaipėda District (10,271).
Klaipėda County Highway Police officers organized 141 measures to improve road safety. During them, 24,542 vehicles were inspected, 1,234 traffic violations were registered and 137 drunk drivers were identified.
Pandemic challenges
Alfonsas Motuzas, Klaipėda County Police Chief of Police Station, emphasized that the announced quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic posed many challenges to the police, as it expanded the range of police functions – control of meetings in places public, mandatory use of masks, state border and control of restrictions on trade and service provision between municipalities.
During the first quarantine (March 16 to June 16, 2020) 418 protocols were registered with the Klaipėda County LSC due to violations of quarantine requirements, during the second (November 7 to December 31): 264 protocols).
Klaipėda County LSC Photo / Officials Check Residents Comply With Quarantine Rules
Representatives from the Public Security Service, the State Border Guard, the Fire and Rescue Service, the FNTT, the Military Police, the Riflemen’s Union, and police sympathizers help police officers monitor compliance with requirements quarantine.
The quarantine also limited some preventive activities. However, community officials held several meetings remotely and 16 new Safe Neighborhoods groups were established during the year. There are currently 254 Safe Neighborhood Groups operating in Klaipėda county and 96 in the port city.
The Commissioner thanked the work in the spas
“The constant increase in public trust in the police, which is often higher than the national average in Klaipėda County, is the best evaluation of the work of the officers. This year, we will continue to pay close attention to ensuring a high-quality and operational response to events, proactive activities in the detection of violations and criminal offenses, strengthening preventive activities focused on the elderly, strengthening communication and cooperation between police and victims ” said A Motuzas, Klaipėda County LSC Chief.
Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla appreciated the excellent work, especially in the summer in the county resorts. He highlighted the results of the criminal police, who for the second consecutive year were recognized as the best detectives in the country in the “Busco del Año” contest, carrying out investigations of a very high scale and great impact on society.
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