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Another officer, displaying some of that "wicked irony" in a forum on Police-Russia.ru, wrote that if police have to put up with all of the illegal things Russians do, then "we should create an analogous code for citizens...
...officers are as enthusiastic about the new rules. "The code was developed by people who know nothing about operations, the exposing of crimes and the identification and arrest of criminals," wrote one officer on UVO.su, an online police forum. "The code was written hastily and is unwise. Many are opposed...
...many outside the force think the code is a step in the right direction. "Right now there is no law saying that police officers have to be modest and respectful. The new code fulfills this need," says Yevgeny Vyshenkov, deputy head of the Agency of Journalistic Investigations and a former St. Petersburg police detective. "But with it, we are not talking about law; we are talking about ethics, so it still leaves much room for improvement." (See pictures of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's patriotic youth camp...
Some of the new rules are "obvious," Lokshina says, but it is "still important to have them laid out on paper. The code demonstrates that law enforcement and the state acknowledge that there are problems. At the same time, the new code won't mean anything unless it is effectively enforced. If there is a strong will, some very complicated changes could be introduced quickly and effectively...
...Russian media regularly publishes reports of incompetence, corruption and brutality - stories of police following no code at all. On International Women's Day, the press reported a story of an officer getting drunk at a precinct house in western Moscow and chopping off the hand of a junior officer with an ax. It was reported that the officer was fired, though the matter was hushed up and it is unlikely he will face time in prison...