Delivery of specialized equipment and vehicles for operational counteraction of crimes.

Investigation and intelligence gathering units of General Directorate Border police are entitled to counteract and investigate crimes, commited within the border area, on the BCPs' and on the whole territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.Most of the investigated crimes could be described as trans-border crimes and two or more than two countries are affected. In this regard, the well-timed exchange of information and the follow up cooperation with the investigation services of the neighboring countries are crucial. Join operational activities with participation of two or more law enforcement services, proved to be effective tools for counteraction of crimes that lead to dismantling of criminal groups. Within the framework of these joint operational activities, information that should be checked is exchanged in most of the cases via operational methods. Some of these methods are observation and surveillance of people, places and means of transportation. The quality of the information obtained via these investigative methods depends on the technical equipment that is available and the law enforcement capacity to communicate via secured channel for information exchange, especially in areas without mobile network. Used alone, this technical equipment would have been useless or with minimum effect, unless installed on vehicle. The service vehicles of the Ministry of interior even these used by the operational and investigation services are easily recognizable and additional installation of technical equipment on them would lead to no or minimum added value. The installation of the technical equipment on new vehicles, similar to those used by the private companies and regular citizens would contribute in a successful way for achievement of organizational goals.

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