Romanian law enforcement is the headline grabbing topic
\nthese days, but not for its merits, but rather for its failures. Interior
\nMinister Lucian Bode has announced the recent dismissal of the Bac\u0103u Police County Inspectorate and the One\u015fti Police Inspectorate,
\nafter a recent homicide in eastern Romania. The Romanian official also
\nannounced and investigation on charges of dereliction of duty, as the seriousness
\nof incident had been ignored, the data gathered had been insufficient and the
\nsuperiors hadn’t been fully informed. On Monday, two workers renovating an
\napartment in One\u015fti were killed by the former landlord, angry for having been
\nevicted. Negotiations with law enforcement agents failed, and police opened
\nfire to enter the apartment where the 70-year-old landlord was keeping the two
\nworkers hostage. The killer was shot and taken to the hospital. The Interior
\nMinister says a full report will be issued in this case, where there are suspicions
\nthat the law enforcement officers’ lack of professionalism actually caused the
\nhostages being killed. The Interior Minister has also confirmed that one of the
\nvictims was shot by one of the rubber bullets fired by the police. Lucian Bode.<\/p>\n
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The body of one of the victims showed marks of non-lethal ammunition.
\nIt is possible he was shot while the police stormed the apartment. We have an
\nongoing criminal investigation, which has confirmed two cartridges were fired,
\neach cartridge consisting of 15 rubber balls. The investigation will give us
\nthe exact spot of the shooters and the victims. <\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, the Bucharet Tribunal ordered the pre-trial arrest of three
\npolice officers working at a station in Bucharest and placing another three
\nofficers under judicial control for 60 days. The officers stand accused of
\nbeating and torturing two young men in 2020 who warned them they weren’t
\nwearing face masks and that they were awarding fines without good reason. The
\nofficers abandoned the two beaten men by an empty land. The incident is the
\nlatest in a long series of police abuses reported in the last year since the
\npandemic struck. Commentators have harshly accused the police of abusing their
\nprerogatives, saying local law enforcement agencies employ people of doubtful
\nqualification and that the reform of the system implemented 15 years ago is an
\nobvious failure. Many mayors who’ve recently been elected have promised to
\neliminate all ineffective law enforcement agencies. Former public guards, who
\nmerely patrolled markets and parks, were requalified as community police
\nofficers. They were given cars, guns, ammo and the right to fine and arrest
\npeople. But not the right to torture them. Still, to many such individuals,
\nthere’s a fine line between doing your job and abusing it. (V.P.)<\/p>\n
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