Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы внизу текста. Militia of the Republic of Belarus (1) The first militia forces in Belarus were created in 1917. The Militia of the Republic of Belarus, which comes under the authority of th...

Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы внизу текста. Militia of the Republic of Belarus (1) The first militia forces in Belarus were created in 1917. The Militia of the Republic of Belarus, which comes under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has a wide range of activity. Its activity is regu-lated by the Law on Militia of the Republic of Belarus, adopted in 1991, and amended several twice. (2) According to the Law the principle task of the Belarusian Militia is to prevent and eradicate crime. To meet the requirements of our life, the militia officer must be a broad-educated person, he should be a perfect expert in laws and their proper usage and he should be competent in human psychology and human understand-ing. For all that the militiaman should possess initiative, patience and investigative ability. (3) The duties of the Militia are various including criminal investigation, administrative enforcement and others. It sees to it that citizens observe laws, government decrees and local ordinances, which regulate public peace and order. It protects state and public property and personal property of the citizens. It maintains order in public places, summons first aid for people who are involved in street or other accidents and so on. (4) Under the law, the central objective of the law enforcement agencies is to provide security or, at least, a social and psychological feeling of security, to a majority of citizens, in a majority of places for most of the time. Nowadays great attention in the work of militia is also paid to prevention of crime, to its suppression. But if a crime has been committed, the militia officers are to solve the crime as quickly as possible. To fulfill these tasks the law-enforcement agencies are composed of different departments. (5) The main responsibility of the officer of the Criminal Detection Department is to detect the criminal, i.e. to locate and apprehend him. Officers of the Criminal Investigation Department collect facts to prove the guilt or the innocence of the suspect. The Economic Crimes Department deals with revealing the criminal activi-ty of those who commit embezzlement and other economic crimes, and bringing them into justice. The State Au-to-Inspection (Traffic Regulation Department) is responsible for traffic regulation and safety on the roads; it con-trols them through preventive acts and enforcement. The Transport Militia maintains law and order on the rail-way, airlines and waterways in the country. The Juvenile Inspection handles juvenile delinquents and their care-less parents; they also do much work to prevent juvenile delinquency. The Correctional System is supposed to rehabilitate offenders through labour; this is the purpose of correctional establishments. Militia officers of the Organized Crime Department are devoting their efforts to collect sufficient evidence to bring gang leaders to justice. 3. Используя информацию текста «Militia of the Republic of Belarus» письменно ответьте на следу-ющие вопросы. 1. What enactment regulates the activities of the Belarusian Militia? 2. What qualities should a militiaman possess to meet the requirements of modern life? 3. What are the main duties of a militiaman? 4. What are the main departments of law-enforcement agencies?