Patrols are creating in Ukraine of the national police for the first time will take his replacement in Kiev in the evening on the first day of the weekend, said Deputy head of the Ministry of internal Affairs Eka Zguladze.

In the morning two thousand new employees of the national police, was sworn in on St. Sophia square in Kiev. The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine carried out a profound reform of the internal Affairs bodies. The planned development of a new service that aims to gradually replace the current police and traffic Police. In the form of pilot projects new patrol law enforcement initially occur in big cities. The pioneer was Kiev, where a new patrol starts with the 4th of July.

"The first Shift will start a service at nine o'clock tonight. The shift lasts 12 hours, they rest 48 hours and change one another " - quoted Zguladze to Ukrainian news. In her expressions, the police will employ 200 cars that will be 400 patrols, will Also be involved 75 foot patrols, and the additional party will be on duty, ready to come to their aid if necessary.

The Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov said that law enforcement agencies in Odessa and Lviv starts to work from the 20th of August, then it will start in the other cities.

Ukraine's Parliament on Thursday adopted a General Law on the national police, which involves a major reform of the MIA. The law aims to reform the law enforcement system, which will lead to the creation of appropriate European standards of police and provide a decent wage to its employees. According to the document, from the national police will operate a criminal, patrol, special law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies of protection and special purpose.

The law requires that the police want to sign a contract for four years, which will allow to provide stability of their work. It is also planned that local authorities have the opportunity to Express no confidence in any police patrol. The main innovation is the recruitment to law enforcement agencies through a public competition. The activities of the national police coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers through the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs.

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