{"id":204905,"date":"2025-11-03T21:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=204905"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:20:36","slug":"why-dont-people-respect-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/politics\/204905\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t people respect law enforcement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Armenia, “if force is not used, the rule of law will not function” — this is the view of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, under whose initiative a new division has been established within the police force — the Police Guard.<\/p>\n

The police are expanding their ranks, though the purpose of this increase remains open to interpretation.<\/p>\n

Experts describe the current situation in a single word — “police state.” They question how, while the size of the army continues to decline, the number of police personnel keeps growing.<\/p>\n