CAIRO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The police state is gone in Egypt, which has begun a new relationship between the public and the police, Egypt's interim president said Thursday.
In a speech during an observance of Police Day, interim President Adli Mansour said police duties are now determined "according to the citizen's interest," the Egyptian news website Aswat Masriya reported.
"The police, as an institution, has taken up the responsibility for mistakes done by some leaders and individuals who abused their power," Mansour said in remarks at the Police Academy.
"We welcome entering a new era for the nation that carries the hopes and aspirations of Jan. 25 with the full support of the police, which has its duties determined according to the citizen's interest and puts an inevitable end to the police state," he added.
Former president Hosni Mubarak declared Jan. 25 as Police Day in 2009. The date also coincides with protests began that eventually ousted him from office in 2011.
Mansour was appointed president after Mohamed Morsi, who succeeded Mubarak, was forced out of office last year.
