With the aim of reducing crime rates in the capital, the head of Government, Clara Brugada presented the “Territorialization strategy of the capital police” to deepen the police proximity to the population.
At a press conference, the capital president He explained that currently the city is divided into five zones, 16 regions, 73 sectors and 847 quadrants. “Today we will go to one thousand 11 quadrantsThat is, we will add 164 quadrants that represent a 20 percent increase in proximity strategy for the City,” he announced.
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Brugada’s strategy
Each section will be constituted with at least minus three quadrant heads and six new elements that will be evaluated monthly by the neighbors themselves. “We want citizen participation, to guarantee that the quadrants will work well,” he indicated.
In addition, each of the quadrants will have a telephone contact that will be available 24 hours, There will be permanent street tours, joint work with the community and an articulation between the police and government institutions.
“The objective is to reduce the incidence of crime, we want 911 response times to be reduced and more trust in the police to be gained,” he explained. Brugada.
Regarding the quadrant security strategy implemented in 2019, the secretary of security, Pablo Vazquez assured that “this model has proven to be effective in delimiting geographical responsibilities, facilitating the identification of risk areas and reduce emergency response times.”
Likewise, he explained that the purpose of the proximity model is receive complaints and process the information to generate investigationssectorize the territory in order to respond more quickly to emergencies, achieve police proximity to citizens, analyze crimes committed to carry out strategic patrolssystematize information for criminal analysis and evaluate police performance.
Finally, he explained that the update of the quadrants was carried out based on key indicators such as population density, crime incidence and call rates to 911 and other emergency numbers to guarantee more precise operation.