RIJEKA, Dec 16 (Hina) - Interior Minister Sime Lucin told reporters in Rijeka on Tuesday he hoped there would be no revanchism at the ministry with the impending change of government.
RIJEKA, Dec 16 (Hina) - Interior Minister Sime Lucin told reporters
in Rijeka on Tuesday he hoped there would be no revanchism at the
ministry with the impending change of government. #L#
If that happens, it will be a sign that politics are about to
interfere with the police once again, Lucin said, adding that he was
not referring to the expected change of minister and his
assistants.
Lucin said he would present the new minister with a 180-page report
on Interior Ministry performance over the past four years. He said
the report would certainly make his successor's work easier, and
added that he did not receive one upon stepping into office.
Outlining the results of the Interior Ministry reform, Lucin said
the staff had been downsized to about 3,700 between the start of
2000 and October this year, which he added had resulted in an ideal
number of police per inhabitants and the number of crimes.
The level of expertise and skills has been raised and every officer
has graduated from secondary school, Lucin said, adding that
administration staff had also been reduced, resulting in a smaller,
more efficient, more mobile system which cost the budget much less
than before.
Lucin said the number of the gravest crimes was constantly
declining and the rate of solving them was up. Between 96 and 98
percent of murders get solved, and 11 murders on which police had
been working on for several years were solved over the past four
years, he added.
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