14 February, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Since the beginning of February, the police of the Vitebsk region have checked all domestic abusers, the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Law enforcement officers visited individuals who commit offenses in the sphere of family and domestic relations during the comprehensive campaign "Byt" (Domestic Life), which took place in the region from February 1 to 12. A total of 2.4 thousand such citizens are registered in the region, each of whom was visited several times by representatives of the Internal Affairs Directorate for preventive purposes. In addition, during the implementation of the campaign measures, over 350 citizens were additionally identified and placed on professional records, 40 chronic alcoholics were sent to therapeutic and labor prophylactic centers, 113 citizens were employed, including 40 who abuse alcohol, 48 with unexpunged and unquashed convictions, and 25 released from therapeutic and labor prophylactic centers. At the initiative of the internal affairs bodies, 327 people were placed on dispensary records by narcologists, including 33 parents violating children's rights due to drunkenness. Similar campaigns will be held in the region regularly throughout the year, the Internal Affairs Directorate emphasized, noting that this set of measures is an effective way to prevent offenses in the family and domestic sphere, as well as among individuals who abuse alcohol and lead an antisocial lifestyle. -0-

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