EU Advisory Mission helps increase efficiency of Ukraine police

The European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) has donated 70 mobile printers to the National Police of Ukraine in Odesa to support efforts to increase the efficiency of police officers who work to reduce road traffic accidents.

The assistance is also aimed at reducing corruption risks, according to the Mission's press service.

According to the EUAM, the mobile printers will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes for police officers to deliver a fine and will also ensure that there is an electronic paper trail, thus enabling internal anti-corruption departments to track how the printers are used.

The donation was made on the basis of a needs analysis conducted by the National Police of Ukraine with the support of the EUAM in Odesa.

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Odesa region has 70 rapid response police teams, but only 10 currently have mobile printers.

The EUAM's support will therefore ensure that every rapid response team has modern equipment at its disposal in order to carry out its tasks.

UNIAN memo. EUAM Ukraine is an unarmed, non-executive civilian mission headquartered in Kyiv, with field offices in Lviv, Kharkiv and Odesa. It also carries out projects across the country. It was established on July 22, 2014, and began operations on 1 December 2014