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Be aware of your rights

What are the responsibilities of a traffic police inspector while ensuring traffic security and when can he inspect the vehicle?

Hayk Sargsyan
Deputy Head of RA Traffic Police, Police Colonel

-Duties of a police inspector, as well as his rights and powers are defined in the RA Law on Police as well as in Traffic safety laws.

The first duty of the traffic inspector is to regulate traffic, ensure safety and cortege special vehicles.

His credentials include stopping the vehicles, which violate traffic rules, check driver’s documents in accordance with the law. A traffic inspector has a right to remove the driver of the vehicle, if there are necessary grounds for that.

Article 24 of Law on Police states that if a traffic inspector has information, instruction or suspicion that the driver of a vehicle transfers wanted passengers, prohibited or illegally obtained goods, items bearing the crime traces, he is lawful to inspect the vehicle in attendance of attesting witnesses.

This does not mean that the traffic police officer may stop and inspect the vehicle in all cases.