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Friday, 09.05.2025, 22:38
Tourist Police starts operating in Riga
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As reported, the Riga City Council decided this summer to set up a Tourist Police unit as part of the Riga Municipal Police that would tackle tourism-related crimes in Riga.
The Tourist Police officers will provide assistance to Riga guests from abroad in English and, possibly, other foreign languages, as well as avert illegal actions against tourists and provide information to tourists regarding laws and regulations in Riga.
Timane informed that the Tourist Police will eventually have a staff of 14 officers plus the head of the unit. The unit is still in the development; those officers who have completed the necessary training can start patrolling Riga streets. The chief of the unit has not yet been appointed.
Close to LVL 100,000 were allocated for setting up the new police unit this year.
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