In order to improve the effectiveness of interaction between the law enforcement agencies of the region

Under the chairmanship of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor S.V. Sushchinsky, a regular meeting of the regional coordination council for combating crime and corruption was held, which considered issues of interaction between law enforcement and other state bodies when arriving at incident scenes, making decisions on applications and reports of crimes, and searching for wanted accused persons.

The meeting noted that the issues of legality in resolving applications and reports of crimes, the efficiency and completeness of collecting verification materials, criminal case investigations, and the interaction of law enforcement and other state bodies in these areas of work are relevant and require constant attention from prosecutors, heads of inquiry bodies, and units of the Investigative Committee.

An important issue is ensuring the timely conduct of a set of investigative and operational-search measures aimed at searching for accused persons who have absconded from the criminal prosecution authority and the court.

Measures taken by law enforcement officers in recent years have made it possible to improve the level of interdepartmental interaction at the pre-trial proceedings stage.

At the same time, there are still individual shortcomings that negatively affect the state of legality in the activities of inquiry bodies and investigative bodies when considering applications and reports of criminal offenses.

During pre-trial proceedings, both premature decisions to initiate criminal cases by internal affairs bodies and unfounded decisions by investigators to return materials to inquiry bodies are made, as before.

There are violations in the appointment of expert examinations.

The most problematic issue remains the non-compliance of materials from internal affairs bodies with the requirements of the legislation regarding their completeness and quality, which entails decisions in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Code to return them to the inquiry body for further work. Thus, over 8 months of 2020, the number of such decisions increased from 46 to 118 (or 2.5 times).

Does not always meet

to the requirements for the quality of the preliminary investigation in criminal cases where the accused have absconded from the criminal prosecution authority or their whereabouts are not established for other reasons.

The speakers at the meeting discussed not only the existing shortcomings and omissions in the work, but also paid special attention to the ways of correcting them and improving the quality of interaction between the interested departments on the issues under consideration.

Based on the results of the discussion, the coordination meeting adopted a corresponding decision, and specific measures were developed aimed at eliminating negative trends and shortcomings in the work, and increasing the effectiveness of interaction between law enforcement and other state bodies during inquiry and preliminary investigation.

Head of the Organizational and Control Department of the Vitebsk Region Prosecutor's Office Igor Morozov