Police in the capital region went on high alert on election day
On election day, police in the capital region passed to the strengthened option of service. This is stated in the press service GU MVD in Moscow, received by RBC.
For the period of preparation and conduct of elections in Moscow security provide more than 40 thousand people. In the suburbs to control the situation has created an operational headquarters. “A number of employees deployed on 9 and 10 September,” — told RBC in the press service.
Safety provide a “more than 22 thousand police officers, more than 10 thousand employees of Regardie, 4 thousand members of voluntary national teams and public formations of a law-enforcement orientation,” said the interior Ministry. Furthermore, community policing will be the cadets of the Moscow University of the MIA of Russia named after V. J. Kikot.
In the press-service GU MVD of Russia in Moscow region it is also noted that in the suburbs the protection order sent to more than 2.5 thousand employees of internal Affairs bodies, more than 450 employees of private security organizations and nearly 200 vigilantes, including members of the Cossack societies.