Xalapa, Veracruz – With firm and timely action, the Department of Public Safety responds to new challenges facing society and the institution to protect the present and the future of Veracruz, said the head of the agency, Arturo Bermudez Zurita, LXII to appear before the State Legislature because of the gloss of the First Government Report, noting that an entity uses an Integrated Development according to the National Police.
Before the deputies of the Standing Committee on Public Safety, said the government instructed Javier Duarte de Ochoa integrating enforcement with prestige and social recognition technology systems to be proactive and not just reactive, but mostly, he said, with a high degree of responsibility and commitment.
So from the beginning of the current administration is working on the dignity and conformation of the New State Police, so debugging actions are developed and professionalism, as well as training of new elements to change the spirit and mystique of service police officers and cadets.
Zurita Bermudez explained that to start this work was necessary that the State Government took over the operation and control of the police in Antigua, Tantoyuca and Panuco, Intermunicipal Police of Veracruz-Boca del Rio, who took command of the police in Tampico Alto and extinguished the inter-Tlalnelhuayocan Banderilla Xalapa State Police to create Conurbation Xalapa-San Andres-Banderilla Tlalnelhuayocan.
In this context, he said, was necessary to terminate elements which do not meet the standards of service, trust and honesty, thus initiating the assessment tests and confidence required by the National Agreement for Security, Justice and Legality, in which has advanced significantly.
During this year, detailed, and certification assessments were conducted and the Skills Evaluation protocols, skills and knowledge of the Civil Police, a total of two thousand 435 municipal and state police patrols, actions that led to the definition of concrete actions in training.
A NEW POLICE
In Veracruz, reiterated the Secretary of Public Security, the dignity of the police work goes beyond a makeover, because it includes “a new generation of police officers who are proud of it and we have them,” so that also approval is secured and increased wages they receive and are given incentives to encourage staff to excel in the performance of their duties.
In an unprecedented and in compliance with the provisions of Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa was created 700 new positions have joined police in their entirety with new personnel trained and professional.
During this first year in office, achievements were representative for the dignity of the police, as the passage of the bill submitted by the executive head of state, for the Save The Marriage granting of pensions to the relatives of officers killed in the of duty, and that it was effective in 12 cases.
Additionally, items now have itinerant medical services to families of more than six thousand police in Veracruz, access to quality hospital care and discount drug stores, clothing, shoes and stationery.
PROFESSIONALIZATION
Responsible for the safety of Veracruz, Bermudez Zurita said the challenges in this area require the professionalization of the police to make them experts in crime prevention as well as the renovation and modernization of the Police Academy.
So the Ministry of Public Security expanded and modernized the building, adapting to the requirements of the new policing model. Also, renewed and strengthened the teaching staff, and initiated a program to train and regional levels.
ACTIONS AND RESULTS
For fiscal 2011, the Public Security Ministry had a budget of one thousand 641 000 000 883 000 212 pesos, which have invested in equipment, police cars, computer equipment, and the purchase of a season of most leading Telscan technology, which enables scanning and image transfer and exchange of information and a station called DIGI-WEB system consisting of a fingerprint scan.
During this time, the SSP has worked in coordination with the Federal Government in the implementation of Veracruz Insurance Program and other agencies of state government, as the Ministry of Finance and Planning for the replaced vehicle, which will identify owners of all vehicles in the entity and thus to avoid criminal activity.
In coordination with the General Directorate of Traffic and Transportation of the State, we performed polarized removal operating in five cities in the state, which surveyed more than four thousand vehicles with film that prevented the visibility inside the units, without leave out joint operations with the Attorney General of the State, in coordination with Veracruzana Research Agency have developed significant arrests and detentions of criminal gangs throughout the state.
In terms of crime prevention, Arturo Bermudez reported that through the State Board of Public Safety, the Dialogues were held for Security and Crime Prevention and installed the 212 Municipal Councils for Public Security and Citizen Participation Committees 212, which representing a coverage of 100 percent of the state territory.
He emphasized the citizen service offered by the National Centre for Control, Command, Communications and Computer (C4), for through Telephone System 066 Emergency Service, in coordination with the Emergency Medical Regulating Center, were treated 26 000 832 incidents doctors and was given expert advice on 19 000 530 times.
This year, a total of 16 municipalities were beneficiaries of the subsidy for the Municipal Public Security (Subsemun). In addition, it launched the new Police Grant Creditable (SPA), for the creation of the first module of police according to the new policing model, an elite group that is integrated with professional elements and properly certified.
Finally, he reiterated his commitment as Secretary of Public Safety: “We need to give back to society confidence in their police, we are forming elements capable and efficient, but above all, honest and committed, and for that we need the participation and support of all sectors of society, “he said.