On August 30, 1.5 thousand police officers will provide public order protection in Kazan

Before the celebrations, all sites are examined by sappers and dog handlers with specially trained dogs.

(KZN.RU, August 26, Ksenia Shvetsova). On City Day, almost 1.5 thousand police officers and national guard troops will provide public order protection in Kazan. Prior to the celebrations, all sites are examined by sappers and dog handlers with specially trained dogs. Mass checkpoints equipped with metal detectors will be installed, said Alexander Mishikhin, the head of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Department in Kazan, at the Business Monday.

During the days of the WorldSkills Championship, the Kazan police serve in heavy mode, which will last until the end of the events dedicated to City Day. Thus, to ensure public safety, traffic police units have been enhanced in the main directions of traffic. The most attention is paid to checking vehicles coming from other regions.

“Particular attention is paid to metro facilities. Daily dog handlers conduct dog inspections of vestibules, platforms, pedestrian crossings and trains”, reported A. Mishikhin.

On August 30, festive events will be held at 13 sites in the city. Each of them has responsible heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs assigned. Before the festivities, all venues for events and adjacent territories will be examined by sappers and dog handlers with trained dogs. After that, the inspected territories will be protected with barriers. Citizens must go through checkpoints equipped with metal detectors.

“In order to strengthen anti-terrorist protection and eliminate the possibility of unauthorized vehicles entering the sites, special engineering structures with heavy vehicles will be installed”, added A. Mishikhikhin.

On August 30, almost 1.5 thousand police officers and troops of the National Guard, private security organizations, participants in voluntary people's squads and municipal employees will provide public order protection. Traffic safety and parking will be controlled by traffic police.

Additional posts from the number of patrol officers were formed to enhance security at the stations of the Kazan metro. The police departments provided on-duty shifts for additional investigative-operational groups to travel, if necessary, to the scene of events.

“I’m sure that, residents and guests of the city will be sympathetic to the measures taken despite the temporary inconvenience associated with changing bus routes and conducting screening events. In general, the entire composition of the Kazan police garrison is ready to fulfill the assigned tasks”, concluded the head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Kazan.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the capital of Tatarstan, ordered to pay special attention to the issues of ensuring the safety of citizens. “We have been working under heavy load all this week. All planned events must be carried out on the high level, without any disruption”, said I. Metshin.

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