A resident of North Kazakhstan region received 50 hours of community service for insulting police officers

The commission of a criminal offense against law enforcement officers resulted in punishment for a resident of the Kyzylzhar district of the North Kazakhstan region in the form of community service for a period of 50 hours.
Citizen "K" was detained by police officers for drinking alcoholic beverages in a public place. Arriving at the Petropavlovsk department of temporary adaptation and detoxification for a medical examination, the citizen began to use offensive words towards the staff. At the same time, the offender was aware that they were in the performance of their official duties to protect public order. Without reacting to the remarks about the cessation of his illegal actions, the citizen continued the insult.
As explained in the department of the Kyzylzhar district probation service, the man committed a criminal offense, qualified under part 1 of Article 378 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan as insulting a government official in the performance of his official duties.
"By the verdict of the court, citizen K was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and registered with the department of the Kyzylzhar district probation service. According to the work plan established by a specialist of the akimat, during the period of community service, the convict will be engaged in work on landscaping the village and snow removal in winter",- the regional Department of the Penal Correction system said.
The experts studied the convict's personality, his inclinations, housing and family problems that could contribute to the commission of the crime. A conversation was held with the defendant aimed at correcting him, preventing repeated crimes and observing the procedure for serving a sentence in the form of community service.