During the meeting, the Minister reported on the status of the criminal situation, measures to strengthen the fight against crime and provision of justice in the country.
The head of state stressed the positive trends related to reduction of the number of registered especially grave crimes by 17 per cent, robberies by 25 per cent, brigandage by 52 per cent, and theft by 3 per cent. Nursultan Nazarbayev laid an emphasis on the need to take active measures to solve minor offences and observe the principle on inevitability of punishment.
Kalmukhanbet Kassymov informed on the progress of implementation of instructions to increase control over road safety, in particular on installation of video surveillance systems on public streets in Astana and Almaty, advanced “smart” traffic lights as well as strengthening the work of police on introduction of “zero-tolerance” approach to offences in the society.
Besides, the Minister told about the measures to provide registration of all signals of crimes and prompt response to them. This year, the internal affairs agencies received more than 313 thousand allegations of crimes, 95 per cent of which were considered in the three-day period.
Following the meeting, the head of state gave a number of specific instructions to provide public order and security and strengthen law enforcement.
