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Number of detainees in Riga increases by 63% in 2014

BC, Riga, 19.02.2015.Print version
The number of people detained by the Riga Municipality Police in 2014, has grown by 63%. A total of 6,052 people were detained in 2014, Riga Municipality Police Chief Juris Lukass said in an interview with the Latvian Television show "Rita panorama", reports LETA.

In 2014, people called the police 64,724 times (a 6.3% increase).

 

Lukass believes that this demonstrates that the residents of Riga trust the Riga Municipality Police.

 

The majority of calls were related to alcohol abuse.

 

Lukass will report on last year's performance of the Riga Municipality Police at a press conference at 1 p.m. today.






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