Central
The central Government is responsible for:
- Overall legislative responsibility;
- State police;
- Security police;
- Military police;
- State Fire-Fighting and Rescue Service;
- Fire safety and rescue services of institutions, organisations, and commercial companies;
- Local government fire safety, fire‑fighting, and rescue services; and
- Voluntary fire-fighter organisations.
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
- Municipal police;
- Prevention of violations of the law;
- Provision of social rehabilitation assistance;
- Guarding and conveyance of persons arrested and under administrative arrest for administrative violations;
- Supporting the State Police and Security Police
- Fire-fighting:
- Ensuring training for employees of the local government fire safety, fire-fighting, and rescue services;
- Supporting the establishment of voluntary fire-fighters organisations; and
- Supporting activities of the State Fire-Fighting and Rescue Service in the local government's territory.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Interior
Military Police (available
in Latvian only)
Sources
Fire Safety and Fire-Fighting Law
Law on Police
Military Police (available in Latvian only)
Ministry of Interior
COVID-19 and local authorities in Latvia
In its website, the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG) has dedicated a special section that contains comprehensive information the local authorities might need in order to respond to COVID-19 crisis. The information includes:
- A list of answers to frequently asked questions,
- Links to the relevant information published elsewhere in the public authorities' websites, e.g. those of Ministry of Health, of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, etc.,
- Contact information, for example, hotline phone numbers both in Latvia and abroad,
- Links to the relevant legislation: government rules and legal acts regarding COVID-19 (for example, the Decision to postpone the tax enforcement on property),
- Video conferences and visual materials pertaining to the response actions in various fields, like measures to be taken in education, public transport, culture venues etc.