Police revolution has reached Poltava

March 11, 2016 The revolution in Ukrainian policing is continuing to spread across the country. At least 245 new patrol police officers have been sworn in at a ceremony in Poltava. Among the new recruits there are more than 30 men who've served in eastern Ukraine fighting Russian-backed separatist forces. 50 recruits are female. The presentation of the new police structure was attended by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. 22 new police patrol cars are equipped with modern means of communication, including tablet PCs, through which policemen have the opportunity to immediately receive information from an appropriate electronic databases.