In Klaipeda, police officers defend themselves against coronavirus: call for an investigation



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Klaipėda County Chief Commissariat officials are encouraged to register voluntarily, but far fewer people wanted to do so than might be expected. However, officials and other law enforcement officials are already entering quarantine.

Not everyone wants to get tested

It was decided to carry out rapid tests in all the offices of the Ministry of the Interior. Officials are urged to verify, but there is no coercion to do so.

The data obtained would allow those responsible for the police station to be more focused on the prevalence of the virus and if there are threats to the service.

The tests should show not only those who are now infected, but also those who, without feeling it themselves, have had it and now have antibodies against the infection.

Here there can be no coercion.

The Klaipėda County Police Station employs about 900 officers, but as of the end of last week only about 150 had registered for the investigation.

When asked if this percentage is not too small of those who want to verify, the Klaipėda County Police Chief, Alfonsas Motuzas, did not hide: “It seems to me that it is small, but here there can be no violence. Everyone decides by themselves. On the other hand, and doctors say these tests may not be entirely accurate. If they get a positive answer, they should be retested. Perhaps that’s why officials are skeptical of these tests, it is hard to say. I’ll check it out myself. “

Officers arriving from remote areas will be screened at a pre-established time and their service should not be affected.

Avoid hallways

The tests are held in the large gymnasium of the police station. Sports training has not been allowed here for a long time, trying to keep the officials in as little contact as possible with each other.

Two employees were ill in the special tasks department of the Klaipėda County Chief Commissariat and eight of their colleagues were isolated.

Currently, an official from the Plungė District Police Station is suffering from coronavirus.

So far more officers do not appear to be ill, yet more police officers are in isolation and working from home. Some of them have had contact with sick people or they themselves have a fever.

Currently, the temperature of each incoming commissioner is checked every morning.

Alfonsas Motuzas / Photo by Vytautas Liaudanskis

Interrogation rooms are designed so that investigators can communicate with interviewees through a transparent shield and both can disinfect their hands.

Also, people invited to the police station do not have the opportunity to walk through the corridors of the building.

Security personnel

Police officers no longer attend meetings and meetings, all organizational matters are handled remotely. Police officers must wear masks in the corridors of the police station.

Cabinets can work one officer at a time, if there is no other exit, a distance of more than two meters is observed.

Response unit personnel are not rotated, that is, efforts are made to maintain the same crew. The conditions are created to disarm and disarm and disguise the least possible contact with colleagues.

“We have a reserve of 15 to 20 percent of officers in the response and operations units. We cannot allow the police to stop working,” Motuz said.

At the same time, the two courts operating in Klaipėda are no longer admitting unregistered stakeholders. And already prosecutors are being urged to work remotely.



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