Coordination and interaction: the leitmotif of the coordination meeting on combating crime and corruption in the Vitebsk region

On the agenda: results of the comprehensive crime prevention program implementation in 2018.

Participants of the meeting noted a positive trend towards a decrease in the number of registered crimes (-5.9%), including in the areas of criminal investigation (-6.7%).

At the same time, many factors that negatively affect the crime situation remain. Since May of the current year, an increase in the number of attempted murders and cases of intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, as well as crimes committed in the sphere of family and domestic relations, has been observed. The number of crimes committed in Braslavsky, Lepelsky, Rossonksky, Snnensky, Ushachsky, Chashniksky districts has significantly increased.

Executive authorities have been assigned the duties of ensuring proper local control over the effectiveness of the implementation of preventive measures, but this work does not always meet the requirements (planning, quality of monitoring, timeliness of discussing issues).

The preventive measures taken in a number of areas have not yielded the desired results.

Thus, there are cases of procrastination and mismanagement in ensuring the operability of agricultural machinery; compliance with the requirements of the legislation on equipping facilities with video surveillance systems; the effectiveness of the work of public order protection councils.

The expected effect from the preventive measures taken to prevent crimes against life and health of citizens in the sphere of family and domestic relations, and the application of administrative measures against persons who have committed offenses in this sphere, is absent.

The region still has problems with the implementation of legislative requirements in the operation of temporary shelter premises.

Based on the results of the discussion, a decision was made aimed at improving the preventive work of all interested departments and services in the region. The implementation of the decision is under special control.

Senior Assistant Regional Prosecutor N. Kolpakova