The Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, held police commanders responsible for any security breach in the governorates whose security file the ministry took over.
A statement from the ministry received by Al-Rasheed stated that “Al-Shammari chaired a meeting with police leaders in the governorates to review security plans and discuss a number of issues that serve citizens. The minister stressed the necessity of continuing to implement arrest warrants and not to be complacent in this matter and to speed up their implementation. His Excellency stressed the necessity of continuing to implement arrest warrants. Supporting all the newly created directorates and paying attention to the police stations, describing them as the interface of the ministry, directing that these centers be exemplary in the required manner.”
He added, “Al-Shammari stressed the continuation of foot patrols in all regions, and supporting the work of the Anti-Narcotics Directorate, in addition to carrying out a wide media campaign for the purpose of implementing the project to restrict weapons in the hands of the state and reminding of the danger of acquiring unlicensed weapons and the legal procedures against violators.”
Al-Shammari stated, according to the statement, that “police commanders are the ones who bear responsibility for any security breach in the six governorates in which the Ministry of Interior assumed security responsibility.”
The statement continued, “The Minister stressed the intensification of police efforts to combat begging cases and that rescue patrols must take the necessary legal measures against beggars.”
