When a citizen is stopped by patrol officers, his identity will be established online

    Safety&Sequrity 25 July 2022 957

    Resolution No. 399 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated July 22, 2022 approved the Regulation on the procedure for electronic identification of citizens in public places by employees of patrol and post service units of internal affairs bodies.

    From January 1, 2023, the "E-patrol" system will be gradually introduced, and the practice of delivering a citizen to the police department to establish his identity will be canceled. All data will be checked online, and the patrolman's activity will be recorded on a body camera.

    When stopping a person, the employee is obliged to explain the reasons and grounds for this. Identification is carried out by checking identity documents or the "E-patrol" system in cases where there are grounds:

    • suspect that a person has committed a crime or an offense, or is wanted;
    • to assume that a person may know about a committed crime or offense;
    • consider that there are other legitimate grounds for detaining a person.

    A citizen who does not have an identity document with him is delivered to the internal affairs body in the following cases:

    • if his identity cannot be established online;
    • when identifying wanted or missing persons;
    • when resisting in the process of identification;
    • when detained at the time of committing an offense in a public place.

    The document was published in the state language in the National Database of Legislation and entered into force on 22.07.2022, the legal portal "Norma" reports.