Why don’t citizens treat police officers seriously? This is what a journalist asked Chief of Police of Armenia Arman Sargsyan in parliament today.

When the journalist told him that one gets the impression that there is an unserious approach to police, the police chief blamed the media for that. “This approach is due to an in-depth analysis. I would like to ask the media to explore the activities carried out by the Police of Armenia before giving evaluations.”

Touching upon the incidents that took place in the city of Gavar, a journalist noted that even the police chief’s presence didn’t keep the citizens from doing what they did, and in response, Arman Sargsyan said the following: “For almost a day, the media constantly told people about the murder of two people.”

The journalist reminded that even lawyers declared that citizens’ throats were slit at the medical center in Gavar, the police chief said the media said there were four victims and then reported two deaths and added that journalists need to report information based on facts, not spread misinformation.