On July 18, Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan summarized the work of the Internal Affairs Police in the first half of 2026 in Ararat Marz. Chief of Police-Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Kamo Tsutsulyan, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the leadership of the Police were present. The acting head of the Ararat Marz Department of Criminal Police presented the work done during the reporting period, reflecting on the dynamics of individual crimes. 2026 324 cases of crime were registered by the department in the first half of the year.
Serious and particularly serious crimes decreased by 15.3 and 12.5 percent, respectively. Crimes against state power, service and administration have increased. Crimes committed with the use of firearms decreased by 60 percent. The number of apartment thefts decreased by 40, and frauds by 72.7 percent. In the reporting period, 602 cases of crime were registered in the Artashat department of the Community Police, which is 9.3 percent less than the same period last year. The number of detected crimes was 551, 91.5 percent of the total.
The decrease in the number of crimes is caused by the decrease in crimes against people. Crimes against public safety, public order and public health have increased. The crimes against property decreased by 39.3 percent. 153 cases of crime were registered in the Ararat community police department, 140 of which were revealed.
The detection efficiency was 91.5 percent. The decrease in cases is caused by the decrease in thefts and frauds. The number of property crimes decreased by 75 percent. Of the 238 cases of crime registered at the Vedi Community Police Department over a six-month period, 215 or 90.3 percent were solved. The total number of crimes decreased, which is due to a 59.4 percent decrease in property crimes. Crimes against people, as well as crimes against public safety, public order, and the health of the population have increased.
652 cases of crime were registered in the Masisi community police department, 593 of which were revealed. The detection efficiency was 91 percent. The increase in the number of crimes is mainly due to the increase in crimes against public safety, public order and the health of the population. The officers of the Ararat Marz Battalion of the Patrol Service detected 20.5 percent more crime cases compared to the same period last year. 37,624 records of various administrative offenses were drawn up, which is 11 percent more than last year. Compared to the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents and injured people increased in Ararat Marz, while the number of victims decreased.
The head of the Artashat State Security Department of the Police Guard, presenting the department's activities, noted that along with the measures aimed at maintaining public order and ensuring public safety, the officers of the Guard also discovered a number of crimes, ensured the reliable protection of protected objects. Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan thanked the staff for their responsible work, emphasizing that the recorded results should be strengthened with continuous and consistent work. The minister gave instructions in a number of directions.
Arpine Sargsyan particularly demanded to increase the efficiency of night services by organizing joint services with the involvement of different departments. Referring to the fight against frauds, the minister instructed to significantly activate operative-investigative works, revealing both individual cases and possible organized schemes.
Minister Sargsyan was interested in the cases of the participation of minors or crimes committed against them and instructed to strengthen preventive work.
The continuous organization of meetings, awareness events and police-school cooperation in schools was emphasized, so that from the beginning of the school year, the work is carried out with a pre-developed and coordinated program. It was assigned to ensure a quick, urgent and professional response to each case of family violence, excluding the underestimation and formal approach of reports. At the same time, the need to ensure the continuity of operative measures against crimes requiring immediate detection was emphasized. Economic crimes in the direction of countermeasures, it was ordered to activate the works, including the illegal use of the subsoil, the operation of sand mines and the identification of possible abuses in the field.
A separate reference was made to the fight against illegal arms and ammunition and drug trafficking. The minister noted that it is necessary to activate both detection and prevention activities, keeping in the spotlight the possible ways of realization and criminal connections. The minister demanded a strict and intolerant response to crimes against sexual freedom and integrity, providing an immediate response to each report, a full disclosure of all the circumstances of the case. It was also ordered to carry out a more consistent fight against criminal authorities, criminal subculture and related to it. against persons, excluding any manifestation of their influence and illegal behavior.
At the same time, the implementation of permanent preventive work with persons with hostile relations was emphasized in order to prevent possible clashes and serious consequences in advance. The minister also referred to the morale and psychological state of the staff, emphasizing the importance of a healthy working environment, discipline and personal responsibility of the management.
Regarding the patrol service, the necessity of proper organization of instructions before the shift was emphasized. The Minister demanded to be principled and absolutely intolerant towards violations of the law, while excluding biased or selective treatment of drivers. The Minister referred to the increase in crimes caused by violations of traffic rules and instructed to strengthen the preventive work, paying special attention to the most risky road sections and regularly recorded violations.
Arpine Sargsyan emphasized that no employee should show restraint in exercising his powers, regardless of the circumstance of what position or position the violator holds.
The requirements of the law should be applied equally to everyone. Summarizing, the minister instructed to set clear targets in all the mentioned directions, to strengthen interdepartmental cooperation and to ensure the consistent implementation of the instructions.
