Jorge Macri supervised the deployment together with the Minister of Security, Waldo Wolffand the Secretary of Security, Diego Kravetz
In order to prevent crimes and guarantee the safety of residents and tourists who are in the City of Buenos Airesthe Buenos Aires administration equipped the police officers who tour the commercial areas of Buenos Aires with low-lethality weapons. They are already used in subways and streets, ideal for neutralizing criminals without putting other people at risk.
Jorge Macri, head of Governmentcommented: ”The discussion about non-lethal weapons is behind us. When we took over, there were no Tasers or Byrnas on the street. Today we already have 475, and by the end of the year there will be close to 600. Last month we started to use them in our subway network and the objective is to cover all stations”.
The Taser They are Electronic Momentary Immobilization Devices and are used in small and highly crowded spaces, as is the case of subway stations, where more than 900 thousand passengers circulate daily. They are weapons that, through an electric discharge, can neutralize criminals without endangering other people.
Macri supervised the deployment of police armed with reduced lethality weapons in the commercial area of Av. Santa Fe and Coronel Díaz, Palermo, accompanied by the Minister of Security, Waldo Wolffand the Secretary of Security, Diego Kravetz. Likewise, he added: ”We add these weapons in commercial areas where there is a lot of people going to or returning from home, work or shopping. Around train stations, inside the subways and in blocks where there are shopping malls or commercial areas of Once and Palermo. By the end of the year, we are going to reach more than 100 corners like Cabildo and Monroe, or Santa Fe and Pueyrredón.”
Under this line, today the City police have 90 Taser guns distributed in commercial areas, subways and streets, and 500 Byrnas of which 385 are already operational, since as the officers are trained, these weapons come into use. service .
Reduce the criminal without putting the rest of the people at risk
”We have already used Tasers several times this year and the good thing is that they have a camera, and when the police officer draws the weapon, the camera is activated, which records and connects with the Monitoring Center, notifying that there is an officer in a dangerous situation. risk. This allows an alert to be sent to all the troops who are in the area as well, and also serves as evidence in court. A police officer who used the Taser told me: ‘You don’t know how happy I was when after immobilizing him, I saw that he was fine and moving’; That is, the peace of mind for the officer of having completed his task and that no one is hurt, has great value,” added the Head of Government.
Like Tasers, The Byrna are low-lethality guns, but they work on carbon dioxide. They are used in larger places and allow a threat to be deactivated from 20 meters away. They can launch solid or chemical projectiles, such as pellets that fragment upon impact and release a substance similar to pepper spray. In addition, their purpose is to momentarily incapacitate or deter a person who puts their victims, the police or themselves at risk, making it an excellent tool to defuse a dangerous situation without using firearms.
“Both Tasers and Byrna are two similar weapons, but they are not used in the same situations, and Both allow the criminal to be reduced without putting the rest of the neighbors at risk.“he concluded.
Source: Ambito
