The Department of Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a special protection body that, in accordance with the law, exercises control over protective activities. Despite the explanatory work carried out by the licensing-control group of the headquarters during the implementation of technical (technological, verification) events aimed at assessing compliance by organizations and their separate units with the conditions and rules for carrying out protective activities, as well as restrictions in the field of protective activities (excluding those subject to licensing control) during 2024–2025 in the territory of the city of Orsha and Orshansky district, a number of violations characteristic of various economic entities have been identified.
Typical violations of the conditions and rules for carrying out security activities defined in the Law of the Republic of Belarus of November 8, 2006 No. 175-3 “On Security Activities” and the legislative acts adopted for its implementation:
security workers are hired without the employer obtaining documents confirming that they have no restrictions when being hired for militarized (non‑militarized) security;
security personnel are allowed to perform duties without undergoing:
medical examination in the procedure established by the Ministry of Health in agreement with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection;
checks for fitness to act in conditions involving the use of special means and physical force, in the procedure established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
of the qualification exam on issues of security activities in the manner established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
security personnel do not undergo periodic fitness checks for suitability to act in conditions involving the use of physical force, special means;
professional training of security personnel is not carried out;
security guards perform duties without possessing service identification cards and tokens of the prescribed form;
Security personnel do not undergo periodic medical examinations in the manner established by the republican body of state administration in the field of health in agreement with the republican body of state administration in the sphere of labor.
Simultaneously, a number of leaders need to pay attention to the implementation of the requirements of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 6, 2025 No. 97 “On amending the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus” (hereinafter — the Decree), in accordance with which:
- organizations that do not have the right to create a militarized security guard, which on a permanent basis organize the holding of discos, the operation of cultural-entertainment (night) clubs and have security units (on owned premises), are permitted to conduct personal searches, searches of belongings and documents, and of vehicles by security personnel of these organizations;
- Organizations that do not have the right to establish a militarized guard, in whose ownership, operational management or economic administration are located physical culture and sports facilities, cultural infrastructure objects, as well as organizations that have security units, in the possession and/or use of which are shopping centers, are permitted to conduct inspections of items and documents, and vehicles by the security staff of these organizations.