On Kyiv region marking the 9-th anniversary of the Patrol Police Department

On 6 October the Patrol Police Department in Kyiv region turned nine years old. On the anniversary, law enforcement officers were honored with awards from the Kyiv Regional Council.

This was reported to KV by acting head of the Kyiv Regional Council Yaroslava Dobryanskyi.

The Kyiv Regional Council’s breastplate “For Combat Valor and Courage” was awarded to the commander of the patrol police battalion in the village of Chayky, Oleksandr Horlach. This distinction was also bestowed on Pavlo Tupchii, Yurii Shkurenko, Bohdan Pylypenko, Dmytro Levashov, and Vladyslav Muzyka.

Four other law enforcement officers received letters of thanks from the Kyiv Regional Council. They include Oleksii Zuiev, Oleksandr Svitovyi, Alisa Kolomiiets-Levchuk, and Oleksandr Nahaiko.

During the event they also honored the memory of police officers who died in the line of duty.

Participants in the event included head of the Kyiv Regional Council Yaroslava Dobryanskyi, head of the Patrol Police Department Oleksii Biloshytskyi, head of Kyiv region police Andrii Rubel, deputy head of the Regional Military Administration Ivan Dobrovolskyi, head of the State Emergency Service Main Department in Kyiv region Serhii Dyshkant, and head of the regional patrol police Oleh Yosypiv.

The Patrol Police Department in Kyiv region was established on 6 October 2017. The patrol police battalion in the village of Chayky began operating on 21 September 2018.

As KV previously reported, in Kyiv region law enforcement exposed a lawyer suspected of extorting 25 thousand dollars for help avoiding mobilization. According to the investigation, he offered to assist with removing someone from the military registration and enlistment bureau’s wanted list and with preparing documents to establish a disability. The man was detained during the handover of the money.