independent investigation 17.02.2003 (2003)

"The Last Argument of the Police".

The program is dedicated to the problem of police abuse in some law enforcement units, fabricated evidence and manipulation of facts.

How to destroy the schemes and mechanisms by which even an innocent person can be put behind bars without a reason.

Is there a service that identifies dishonest police officers?

The first story of the program is dedicated to the story of the attack on the Altunin spouses.

In the village of Iksha, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Region, there was a quarrel between the Altunin family and a drunken group of young people in a garage cooperative on August 23, 2001. The meeting ended with the beating of Larisa Nikolaevna Altunina.

While the husband was running after the police, one of the attackers fired a gas pistol near Altunina, and then tried to plant the weapon in the pockets of the beaten and connected woman's trousers.

After the arrival of the police squad, headed by police captain Kochetov, it turned out that one of the offenders was police officer Dmitry Ilyin.

In order to protect their colleague and not to tarnish the honor of the uniform, law enforcement officers arrested Altunina L.N. In the studio: Kastanov Yuri says that a police officer has special powers only when detaining a criminal.

Altunina L.N. about witnesses and eyewitnesses of the quarrel that occurred, police officer Ilyin who said that he was on a mission, the doctor's testimony and the closure of the case.

Gorbunova Zinaida -- a witness about the beating of Altunina L.N. by a man.

Video: Bazhenov Vladimir The doctor of the ambulance substation of the village of Iksha talks about the examination of Altunina L.N. at the scene of the incident.

Staging of the testimony of police officer Ilyin D. about Altunina L.N., who allegedly attacked him.

Altunina L.N. about the prohibition by police officer Ilyin D. for the doctor to provide her with assistance.

Ilyin D. speaks about the testimony of the victim, denies his prohibition for the paramedic to examine the woman, states that Altunina L.N. was drunk.

Ilyin D. and his comrades refuse to apologize to Altunina L.N. and claim that the woman had a gun.

Altunina L.N. about the gun that disappeared from the case materials.

Akopov Leon says that a police officer has no right to prohibit an ambulance worker from providing assistance to an injured person, the paramedic's violation of the rules for measuring blood pressure, filling out documents.

Altunina L.N. and Altunin Aleksandr about being in the police duty station and being beaten by law enforcement officers.

Ilyin D. about his and his comrades' interrogation at the police station, the forensic examination and the conflictual nature of Altunina L.N. Video: The program staff talks with police officers at the duty station.

Vykhovsky Leonid -- deputy.

The head of the Iksha police department denies beating the Altunins.

Anatoly Zhimerin, a doctor at the Iksha ambulance substation, reads out the diagnosis of L.N. Altunina. L.M. Akopov and Yu.A. Kastanov talk about the procedures for filling out documents by ambulance doctors and the study of medical records by investigators. A. Altunin talks about the search of his car by police officers.

Igor Artemyev talks about the rules of conduct for victims at the police station.

A viewer talks about his experience of communicating with police officers.

The second story in the program is about the illegal arrest of flight attendant Tatyana.

Aeroflot employee Tatyana was traveling to Sheremetyevo-2 airport to get her salary.

At the Rechnoy Vokzal metro station, she was detained by police officers under a far-fetched pretext and spent the whole night at the police station.

In the morning, she learned that heroin had allegedly been found in her purse.

The blood test, which was conducted that same night with numerous violations, showed that her blood allegedly contained drugs.

The investigator, to whom she was called the next day, immediately offered to solve the drug problem for a symbolic fee of 5,000 rubles, Tatyana refused.

The airline stewardess, who is checked daily before the flight for drug content in her blood, is now forced to prove that she is not a drug addict.

In the studio, Tatyana talks about the arrest, the ban on communication with her family and the absence of charges.

Zaslavsky Andrey about Tatyana's arrest, the search of her purse and the examination.

Karyshev Valery about a similar example from his practice.

Tatyana says that she did not know what rights she had at the time of arrest.

An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' internal security talks about the work of the structure to cleanse the ranks of the police from unscrupulous employees.

Ilyin D. about his personal inspection by the security service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

An employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' internal security provides contact numbers for citizens to contact.