The involvement of police officers in the theft of a safe with ballot papers in the urban-type settlement of Tsuman, Kivertsivskyi district, Volyn region, has been established. This was reported by the Department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. \nOn November 21, 2004, at 4:30 a.m., three unidentified persons in masks entered the premises of polling station No. 143, which was located in the premises of the club, where they tied up a police officer and stole a safe containing 2,285 ballot papers. During operational and investigative measures, it was established that this crime was committed by officers of one of the operational services of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn region on the instructions of the former leadership of the Volyn police. The case materials have been transferred to the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office to hold the guilty parties accountable. \n