YEREVAN. – Today, the police are more willing, more courageous, are no longer more tolerant, are not constrained, are strong, but, at the same time, are defenseless. The Chief of Police of Armenia, Valeriy Osipyan, stated this at a press conference on Wednesday.

“I consider it impermissible to insult the police, disobey, shove them, and remain unpunished,” he said. “This is a legislative gap, and it has always been unpunished.

“As long as there is crime, there will be police-criminal clash. (...). Within this one year, the police [of Armenia] fully master the operative situation, they have the corresponding will and principle to fight against the vicious phenomena.”