Uzbekistan Preventive Inspectors to Receive New Powers

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan is introducing a new system for the work of internal affairs bodies to ensure public safety. Preventive inspectors will receive additional powers, while public trust will become one of the key indicators of their performance under Presidential Resolution No. PP-314 dated 4 September 2026.

Under the document, internal affairs units responsible for public safety will operate as a unified system. Priority will be given to promptly responding to citizens’ appeals regardless of the service area or the territory where officers are stationed.

One of the main objectives is to establish direct and open dialogue with the population. Internal affairs officers are expected to help resolve citizens’ problems that could potentially lead to offenses.

The new system also provides for the daily identification and elimination at the local level of causes and factors contributing to offenses, as well as targeted preventive work with people considered at risk.

Preventive inspectors will receive expanded administrative powers. They will be able to issue administrative warnings for 17 types of minor offenses committed for the first time and falling within their jurisdiction.

Inspectors will also be authorized to impose administrative penalties for four types of traffic violations on streets and roads within mahallas. For another nine types of administrative offenses that fall under the authority of district or city internal affairs chiefs or their deputies, inspectors will be able to independently consider cases and impose penalties.

At the same time, administrative liability will be introduced for obstructing a preventive inspector in the performance of their official duties.

Several provisions of the resolution are aimed at changing the status of preventive inspectors and the system used to assess their work. Their professional objective will be to increase public trust and deter crime within their assigned territories.

Inspectors will be prohibited from being assigned duties unrelated to their professional activities. Managers who are not their immediate or direct supervisors will also be prohibited from issuing them orders or instructions.

A mechanism will also be introduced allowing residents to express an “initiative of no confidence” in a preventive inspector through a vote. The results of such a vote may serve as grounds for disciplinary action, including dismissal from the internal affairs bodies.

When courts consider administrative cases handled electronically by preventive inspectors, they should not unnecessarily require additional documents in paper form.

An inspector’s effectiveness in their assigned territory will be assessed primarily based on the level of public trust, the crime rate among people in risk groups and the number of repeated administrative offenses.

From 1 November 2026, patrol and security units performing patrol duties will respond to reports of crimes and incidents received through the “112” system, including calls from citizens’ residential buildings.

Public order on round-the-clock gastronomic streets will be maintained by patrol units under agreements between internal affairs bodies and territorial hokimiyats.

People who violate public order during mass events may face temporary restrictions on access to subsequent mass events.

The resolution also provides for the redistribution of certain functions among Interior Ministry units under the principle of “Different tasks — unified powers.”

Patrol and security units will receive certain powers in the field of road safety. In particular, they will be able to participate in clearing traffic congestion at intersections along their patrol routes, near markets, major shopping complexes, educational institutions and central streets.

They will also be responsible for responding promptly to crimes and offenses on roads, preventing such incidents, maintaining public order and providing first aid to victims.

Meanwhile, the traffic patrol service will receive certain powers to maintain public order. In particular, traffic police officers will be authorized to stop offenses on streets and in public places, pursue and detain offenders, and take them to internal affairs bodies.

In addition, the traffic patrol service will consider cases involving the disposal of household and construction waste in unauthorized locations, the discharge of liquid household waste, as well as the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public places, and impose the relevant administrative penalties.