More than 3,000 police officers will maintain public order in the country on the Independence Day. Andrei Maxean, head of the Ministry of the Interior’s General Police and Public Order Division, told a news conference that 900 policemen will be on duty in Chisinau on August 27, Info-Prim Neo reports. Over 200 police officers will patrol the Great National Assembly Square and the adjoining area from 7.30. By 11.00, when the cultural-artistic program starts, the number of policemen will be increased by 450. The sale of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks in bottles will be banned in central Chisinau. The persons will be allowed to enter the central square after they will be searched with metal detectors. “The persons under the influence of alcohol and who own firearms or other objects that can cause damage will not be allowed access. We call on the people to keep an eye on their belongings and the parents not to leave their children without supervision,” said Andrei Maxean. The number of operative groups and of employees of the Traffic Police Division will be raised on a national scale. A number of 785 traffic police officers will be on guard, 200 of whom in the municipality of Chisinau. Traffic Police Division chief Sergiu Armasu said the section between the streets Banulescu-Bodoni and Pushkin will be accessible to traffic, but parking there will be banned.