Latvia’s State Police have not found systemic shortcomings in how they respond to service discipline breaches, according to a completed ministry service check. The probe was launched after several police crimes allegedly committed while officers were drunk at the end of summer. The checks, finished in October, were not aimed at State Police chief Armands Ruka or any single officer. The commission assessed whether State Police have effective control, supervision, and prevention measures for disciplinary violations, and whether internal control and oversight of duty performance meet legal requirements. It concluded that State Police run a normatively and organizationally structured system for discipline control and prevention, and that no systemic failures were identified in how discipline breaches are handled. The commission ordered Ruka to keep up intensified monitoring of compliance with service discipline, with particular attention to risks linked to alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic, or other intoxicating substances. It also instructed regular informing of police staff about identified disciplinary breaches, their consequences, and that punishable conduct is unacceptable. The ministry also said the commission required information to the public about police employees’ alleged disciplinary violations that caused public attention and about how State Police reacted. The latest status is that the service check has been completed, with the ordered enhanced controls now continuing under Ruka’s oversight.