New staff reshuffles await Lviv police

As announced today during a press conference by the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Lviv region, Police Major General Vasyl Pisnyi, he has grievances against the leadership of the Zaliznychnyi and Shevchenkivskyi district police departments of Lviv.

In addition, Vasyl Pisnyi expressed dissatisfaction regarding the department for combating illegal drug trafficking. He emphasised that the department has improved its work somewhat; however, if there is no further improvement in the work of this department, a change of the head of the department may occur.

Vasyl Pisnyi also said that he has grievances regarding the work of the Department for Combating Organised Crime, but positive changes have taken place there: two deputy heads have been replaced, one of the newly appointed ones is a native of Kyiv. The Police Major General hopes that this department will soon produce a positive result in its work, especially regarding the solving of contract killings from past years.

In three months, five employees have been dismissed from internal affairs bodies who were suspected of so-called “protection rackets”.

Vasyl Pisnyi emphasised that an uncompromising struggle is being waged and hopes that they will soon manage to at least partially correct the situation.