Armen Hakobyan, Head of Police Internal Security Department, assures that the rumors that the investigation of the cases of their police colleagues in their department are unbiased are not true. According to him, “During the preparation of the materials, if crime features made by the police are emerged, the process of service investigation is suspended, and the materials are sent to special investigate service.” And to those who argue that the internal security department turns the blind eye when examining the behavior of their colleagues, Mr. Hakobyan told his advice, “To those who say such things I would advise that they can appeal the police actions in Special Investigation Service, in a manner defined by law. The service investigation conducted by the Internal Security Service is not binding for the Special Investigation Service.”
To the question of what the law says about leaving the blind man on the street, the Head of Police Public Relations and Information Department, Ashot Aharonyan said, it says that if there is a criminal offense, the case will be transferred to SIS. He assured that the police chief is personally aware of the incident and the investigation has begun by his instruction. Mr. Aharonyan referred also to Mr. Hakobyan to publish how many police officers were dismissed for the system last year as a result of service investigation. The question was left unfinished by a woman. “They were dismissed, and then again were hired for high positions.” “The dismissed person cannot hold an office,” replied Mr. Aharonyan and demanded a name. “I happened personally to me. The police officer was fired for hooliganism, Arayik Petrosyan, a perfect hooligan.”
Note that Arayik Petrosyan was the deputy police chief of Arabkir administrative district and was known as a police officer who uses profane language of sexual type and making suggestions of sexual type to the girls during the protest organized against the constructions on 5 Komitas Avenue. The police officials did not talk about this reappointment. And the Head of the Internal Security Department told us that they will provide the details of the appointment of Arayik Petrosyan and the reasons for returning to the system in case of written request submitted.
Arpine SIMONYAN
