Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr E. Huseynli / Ehsan Zahidov, the Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry, reported on 19 April that the official authorities and obligations of the district police officers had been expanded. The policemen have been enabled to carry out necessary operations for disclosure of crimes committed in the area under their control, to apply investigation, and capture criminals by themselves. They also received the right to use service guns.
New jobs are reported to be opened at district police offices.