Crime rate in Almaty reduced by almost 50%

Akim of Almaty Bakhytzhan  Sagintayev, answering journalists' questions during a briefing at the Central Communications Service, spoke about measures to ensure public safety.

 

Today, the crime rate in Almaty has been reduced. To be exact, the number of crimes decreased by 47.5%. At the same time, the disclosure rate increased by 11.6% (from 29.2% to 40.8%).

 

This was done thanks to the comprehensive measures taken: the level of material and technical equipment of the police reached 87%, which is the highest in the country. In the near future, the police will receive 429 tablets, the purchase of 33 new cars is planned for next year.

 

A video monitoring system is being introduced. Since the beginning of this year, 404 hardware and software complexes "Sergek" have been commissioned, of which 21 are installed at the entrances and exits of Almaty.

 

For 10 months of this year, the cameras of APK "Sergek" revealed more than 650 thousand traffic violations. Fines were imposed in the amount of over 4.5 billion tenge, 2.6 billion tenge or 57.7% were collected.

 

The project to install modular police stations has paid off. This can be judged by the decrease in criminality in the areas of their deployment. In addition, the residents themselves have spoken about this. Last year, 37 modular police stations were installed at the most criminal prone areas, which have received about 40 thousand calls since the beginning of this year.

 

More than 2 thousand police officers and military personnel of the National Guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan are deployed daily to protect public order, who patrol about 550 routes, including 300 automobile routes and 250 foot routes.

 

To ensure transparency, the city has 11 police front offices in all districts of the city, where visitors will be able to receive services in a comfortable environment on the principle of a “single window”.