In military units, in the organs of the Ministry of the Interior, the rules for accounting for weapons and ammunition are clearly regulated. According to the instructions, the leadership should monitor and control the safety of weapons, ensure their legitimate use and high-quality technical condition, daily control the location of weapons.
Store like the apple of an eye
A number of employees are issued for work personal time weapons. Its storage, use, application is also strictly regulated by special instructions that the employee must strictly comply with. The functions of accounting and control of service weapons and ammunition are assigned to accounting specialists and weapons armament units. They record all movements of service weapons in special books, magazines, consignment notes, statements and other documents that are considered objects of secret clerical work. They are stored in sealed safes or cabinets. Weapons and ammunition that are issued to operatives for carrying out operations or for long-term wearing are considered in a separate column in the documents. The issuance and reception of service weapons is carried out by the operational duty officer, who, after the operation is completed, checks the number of the weapon with the registered one and keeps a record of ammunition spent.
If the service weapon is assigned to the employee for long periods, this is reflected in a special order of the heads of the military unit or internal affairs body, while they must check the safety of the weapon at the employee's place of residence. He is personally responsible for the serviceability, staffing, integrity and safety of service weapons. And at home, it should be stored in special safes or metal boxes.
In the absence of the need to use weapons issued for continuous carrying, as well as on departure on vacation, they should be deposited at the duty station of the internal affairs body, institution, unit that carries out its storage and accounting in the prescribed manner. In off-duty time, employees are strictly prohibited from using service weapons.
