About 8,000 individuals prone to domestic violence were checked by police officers in the Vitebsk region in April

May 10, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 8,000 individuals prone to domestic violence were checked by police officers of the Vitebsk region at their places of residence during the "Family Without Violence" campaign, which was held from April 1 to April 30. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Vladimir Pranko, Deputy Head of the Public Order and Prevention Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. Special attention was paid to families where children are being raised. Thus, 4.8 thousand checks were carried out in families where minors are in a socially dangerous situation. 75 children were recognized as needing state protection, 100 parents were brought to administrative responsibility for failure to fulfill their parental duties, and 58 people were held accountable for involving others in anti-social activities. The latter is most often associated with drinking alcohol together, the interlocutor noted. In addition, 140 new dysfunctional families were identified, and 40 cases of domestic violence were recorded. 450 people were registered with narcologists, including 54 parents raising minor children. 74 court sessions were held on-site, during which issues of deprivation of parental rights, limitation of legal capacity, and referral to therapeutic labor dispensaries were considered regarding 117 people. In total, during the campaign, 94 chronic alcoholics were sent to therapeutic labor dispensaries, and 47 residents of the region had their legal capacity limited. In addition, in the Postavy and Chashniki districts, 165 people suffering from chronic alcoholism underwent psychocode therapy voluntarily. Individuals leading an anti-social lifestyle were also not overlooked by police officers. Law enforcement officials checked about 1.3 thousand apartments that served as gathering and accommodation places for such individuals. One of the preventive measures for working with violators of public and family order was informing the management of organizations and enterprises about bringing their employees to responsibility for offenses in the family and domestic sphere. A total of 1.3 thousand such messages were sent. -0-