On September 12, in Lutsk, at the central office of the Volyn police, the chief police officer of the region, police colonel Viktor Shvydkyi, introduced the new head of the Lutsk city department, police lieutenant colonel Mykola Shkuropat. \n \nMykola Shkuropat came to Volyn from Dnipropetrovsk region, from where Viktor Shvydkyi also arrived. It seems that Mr. Shvydkyi is using the carte blanche given to him by the current acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko during his introduction to bring with him two or three trusted people. Before this appointment, Mr. Shkuropat headed the Nikopol city department of the UMVS in Dnipropetrovsk region. \n \nThe 44-year-old Mykola Shkuropat has been working in internal affairs bodies since January 1982. He began his service as a police officer of the internal affairs department of the Apostolove district executive committee in Dnipropetrovsk region. During 2003-2005, he held the position of head of the criminal investigation department of the Apostolove district police department. \n \nBefore this, for about four months, the acting head of the city police department of the regional center of Volyn was police major Vitalii Kulyk. \n