And new confrontation between a plainclothes police officer and thieves who wanted to steal his vehicle ended up with one criminal dead and two others injured in the early hours of today in one of the most touristic areas of the City of Buenos Aires.
According to the official report, a member of the Neighborhood Police Station 3B who was in civilian clothes after finishing his service, He was traveling aboard his Renault Sandero truck when at the intersection of Balcarce and San Lorenzo streets He was approached by at least three armed robbers who tried to rob him.
One of the thieves pointed a firearm at him while they were trying to open the car and in the middle of the struggle, the agent repelled the attack by firing shots. As a result, three of them were injured, of which one, 18 years old, died at the scene.
The two remaining injured, aged 14 and 16, were later admitted to the Cosme Argerich hospital without risk of life.. The first of them, who also has a history of theft and fighting, had an excoriation on his left foot, while the second had a wound in the area of the femur.
The place of the incidentIt is located approximately 400 meters from the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). where the officer in question was carrying out Complementary Police functions.
The National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 40 intervenes in the case, headed by Paula González, who ordered the intervention of the Homicide Division of the Argentine Federal Police.
Personnel from the Single Corps of Psychologists (CUP) assisted the police personnel and the pertinent communications were made with the Legal and Professional Performance areas of the Institution.
The debate over the use of firearms
The case of the City Police officer joins other confrontations that have occurred in recent months, where young criminals were killed when they tried to rob uniformed officers who were in plain clothes.
In addition, it is the first to occur after Patricia Bullrich announced a new protocol for the use of firearms for members of the federal forces.
On Wednesday, the Minister of National Security announced the implementation of a general regulation for the use of weapons by members of the Federal Security Forces that will allow greater freedom of action to those in uniform. These changes generated a state of alert in the Justice Department that looks with suspicion at progress on issues established in the Penal Code and the National Constitution.
The new protocol covers the troops of the four federal forces: the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA), the Argentine National Gendarmerie (GNA) and the Airport Security Police (PSA).
Regarding one of the most controversial changes, he explained: “Agents must always identify themselves as such, speaking up, but there is an exception that must be understood. The exception is that there are times when, if the agent makes himself known, he puts his life or that of third parties at risk.”
The minister explained that “for many years it was misused” and that “The forces were stripped of their ability to repel aggression.” According to his clarifications, “it is always suggested that the crime ends the moment the criminal escapes. The penal code is clear that the action obliges security forces to prevent the escape of criminals because it implies that the danger to society remains latent if the criminal using firearms escapes. This is a concept that has been misused for many years.
Consulted by LA NACION, After Bullrich’s announcement, different judicial officials expressed concerns about the scope of the new regulation and its legal validity. A prosecutor from the Province of Buenos Aires said: “It is going beyond the Penal Code. Self-defense is an underlying issue. You have to change the code. If not, the police will pay the price later. Like Chocobar.”
Meanwhile, a cassation chambermaid, consulted by LA NACION about the new protocol, said: “In principle, non-punishable actions are those detailed in article 34 of the Penal Code. What characterizes self-defense is illegitimate aggression. In addition to the rational need of the medium used. This cannot be modified by protocol. Now in the same article it talks about fulfillment of a duty, but this will have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis”.
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