Interference in prevention inspector’s work, unjustified workload to be banned

In Uzbekistan, interference in the professional activities of a prevention inspector, assigning tasks unrelated to their duties and imposing unjustified workloads will be prohibited. This is stated in the draft law “On the status of prevention inspectors of internal affairs bodies,” presented to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today, June 29.

It was noted that more than 10,000 prevention inspectors currently serve in nearly 9,000 mahallas across the country. The head of state emphasized that this is a major force and noted that, in order to curb crime, the work of prevention inspectors must first be properly organized.

It was noted that in practice, prevention inspectors have been assigned nearly 50 additional tasks that are not typical of their role. In some cases, instead of working mahalla by mahalla to curb crime and solve people’s problems, they are occupied with other duties.

In this regard, information was presented on the draft law “On the status of prevention inspectors of internal affairs bodies.” The document provides for clearly defining the legal status, duties, rights, obligations, guarantees of professional activity, social and legal protection, incentives and liability measures for prevention inspectors.

According to the draft law, the priority goal of a prevention inspector will be to achieve a high level of public trust and curb crime in the assigned service area. The inspector will be considered an official responsible for conducting pre-investigation checks and preventive work in the service area.

Only duties established by law will be assigned to prevention inspectors. Their rights, honor, dignity and professional reputation will be under state protection.

Under the draft, interference in the professional activities of a prevention inspector, assigning tasks unrelated to their duties and imposing unjustified workloads will be prohibited.

A prevention inspector will independently choose the type of crime prevention, issue mandatory preventive instructions, submit official recommendations and demand their implementation, develop their own methods of preventive measures and draw up relevant documents within their authority.

At the same time, prevention inspectors will be obliged to strictly comply with the code of professional culture and service discipline for internal affairs officers, receive citizens’ appeals about offenses in any form and respond promptly, immediately arrive at and inspect the scene of an offense, and provide first aid or other types of assistance to injured citizens.

The draft law also strengthens the social and legal protection of prevention inspectors. It provides for imposing obligations on local administrations to provide them with office space and housing, establishing administrative liability for obstructing their activities and introducing additional pension guarantees for employees who have served for many years.

It is also planned to grant prevention inspectors additional powers. In particular, their authority to impose administrative penalties for certain administrative offenses will be expanded, and they will be given the opportunity to issue administrative warnings under certain articles.

Earlier, it was reported that Uzbekistan plans to grant additional mutual powers to the road patrol, patrol-post and guard services.