The Vice Mayor of Riga on minors wandering in the city: We don’t have the tools to bring these young people to justice and they know it

Author: Lelde Weinberga, TV24

The gathering and stay of young people near the Riga Central Station is a visible reflection of a very wide problem, in the TV24 program “Ziņu TOP. “Riga is talking,” says Riga City Council Deputy Chairman Linda Ozola (Code for Riga).

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“From our side, both social workers and Riga municipal police have directed a lot of resources to work especially with domestic violence – both preventively and rehabilitating. This big challenge, and he is very multifaceted, must be seen in connection with the fact that these young people have no responsibility and the state has not left the tools in our hands to bring them to justice. We only have the opportunity to work with social services,” says the vice-mayor of Riga.

The politician points out that stray young people, who can also behave aggressively in public places, know that they do not deserve any punishment as minors. If in the past, for example, there was a special institution of social correction in Naukšēni, which caused some responsibility, now minors can simply refuse the offered social assistance.

Find out what’s happening in the capital and ask the representatives of the Riga City Council every Thursday at 16:30 in the TV24 program “Top News. Riga is speaking”! This Thursday, April 25, the chairman of the Social Issues Committee of the Riga City Council Juris Radzevičs (Honor to serve Riga) will be a guest on the program. We will talk about the possibilities of social support for Riga residents and other topical issues. The program “News TOP. Riga speaks” was created in cooperation with the Riga City Council.

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