We have increasingly unprepared personnel in the Ministry of Interior, the criteria are being lowered. This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Prof. Nikolay Radulov, MP from MECH, former Secretary of the Ministry of Interior.
"The problem with the police's observance of human rights is very big and we must look at it in a long-term perspective. Police violence does not exist today. It existed before 1989. It is cyclical. More vicious forms of it are repeated every 3-4 years".
Prof. Radulov believes that the increase in salaries in the Ministry of Internal Affairs should not be proportional.
"These people who are on the street receive the smallest increase, and are exposed to risk. They are the people who are the most unprepared. More resources should have been directed there. Those who are at the bottom and in the most dangerous positions should have received a larger increase, and the bosses - less".
The problem here is purely managerial, he believes.
"We have an infinitely ignorant, bad management. Dani Mitov should go, because he is not for this job!
When a minister agrees to become a minister, this is not a reward, but a very hard job. He must have managerial experience and know the field. At least there should be legal preparedness".
Prof. Radulov also commented on the lack of a Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior.
"The political leadership of the ministry should propose it. This minister should have proposed it. I have not heard a single proposal in the public space. Here everything is done on the sly, if it is done at all".
The Ministry of Interior envisages changes in the instructions for the use of body cameras by police officers, as well as additional training for employees on actions during detention. This became clear at a meeting of the ministry's leadership and the unions.
"Body cameras guarantee to citizens that their interests will not be violated, and to police officers that no one will lie that they are acting illegally.
When the body camera does not work and is used by an employee, everything remains at the employee's expense.
There are ways to store information and use it. The methodologies are available and I am sure that colleagues from police services in Europe will provide them," commented Prof. Radulov.