2024-02-29 07:06:18
The general director, Ricardo Yáñez, assured that deployment will not be reduced in areas affected by fires.
The general director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, confirmed this Saturday that a contingent of 300 police officers will reinforce security tasks within the framework of the Viña 2024 Festival.
The police chief revealed thatThe officials who will join this work will come from Santiago. In this way, she said, The number of police officers deployed in the areas that were most affected by the forest fires will not be reduced. occurred in the Valparaíso Region.
“We have not touched any police officers who are currently deployed in security tasks at emergency sites. We have not touched police officers who are deployed in the safe summer plan nor in the public security that the commune usually requires.“said General Yáñez.
Police of Order and Security for the Viña Festival
He explained at the same time that “we have brought police officers who were carrying out duties today, who are members of Order and Security who They are prepared, trained, who fulfill functions at a strategic level within the institutionso that they come to take charge of the security of the Viña del Mar Festival.”
The general director of Carabineros emphasized that “here there is an effort on the part of production as well, in placing more private security personnel. And also with the Municipality, which will cooperate with us with the permanent work of absolutely guaranteeing the safety of the event,” he stated.