He Government of the City of Buenos Aires inaugurated the first International Meeting on Urban Security. The same is developed this Tuesday, November 19 and Wednesday, November 20 in the auditorium of the Buenos Aires government house and will have the participation of security experts, among whom are police chiefs and representatives of United States and Israel, and the cities of Bogotá, Florianópolis, San Pablo, Montevideo, Asunción and Cali.
The opening of the event was carried out by the head of the Buenos Aires government Jorge Macri and was also attended by the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Waldo Wolff; the Secretary of Security, Diego Kravetz; the deputy chief of staff, Gabriel Sánchez Zinnyand the Secretary General and International Relations, Fulvio Pompeo. Among the main topics of debate are the citizen securitythe local management in the face of global threats and innovation strategies for the fight against organized crime.
Jorge Macri inaugurated the first International Meeting on Urban Security
In his opening speech, the Buenos Aires president highlighted that “The City is one of the safest capitals in all of America“Although he also warned that the government is concerned”a very complex reality in the link with the province of Buenos Aireswhere this priority that we give to security is not the same.” In this sense, Jorge Macri highlighted: “There is no security policy that is sufficient if there is no political decision to confront crime. Our commitment is absolute both because of the support that local security forces have and because of the criteria that we established: in the City, whoever commits a crime has consequences.”
“Those who believe that one can govern without assuming the costs of making difficult decisions and enforcing the law are not up to the role they must fulfill. Because our challenge is to give security to good citizensenforce the Constitution and the laws that arise from it. And that exercise, this exercise of the role, requires decision and being willing to assume the necessary costs for that,” added the head of the Buenos Aires government.
The main themes of Congress are the citizen security, local management in the face of global threats and innovation strategies to fight organized crime. For two days, experts from Latin America and the world will present, including police chiefs and representatives from the United States and Israel, and from the cities of Bogotá, Florianópolis, San Pablo, Montevideo, Asunción and Cali. The Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, will also speak.
The Congress will end with a tour of the Urban Monitoring Centerwhere the Comprehensive Public Security System of the City. In 2025, Bogotá will host the Second International Security Meeting.
“We don’t look the other way. Our priority is to take care of each neighbor, those who come to work and visit us every day. And we can only achieve that with a comprehensive security policy. The City Police has a proactive attitude to confront, prevent and attack crime in all its forms. We have given the security forces all our political support and focused his work on criminal investigation,” Jorge Macri explained.
During his presentation, the Buenos Aires president highlighted some of the main measures carried out by his administration to reinforce the security of the City. Among them are the Police equipment with low lethality weapons in subway stations and commercial areas of Buenos Aires, until the deployment of new troops on the streets which, as detailed, there will be more than 20,000 next month.
In addition, Jorge Macri also stated that they have already installed more than 200 new cameras in different locationswho joined the more than 15,000 that were already working. As explained by the head of the Buenos Aires government, the Video surveillance system already covers 75% of the City.
“The good news is that we are moving forward with the National Government on the possibility of a transfer to the prison system that allows us to advance in a problem that exists today, which is that we are with a proactive attitude in the streets, we are detaining many people and the federal penitentiary system cannot cope and we need to expand those powers”, concluded Jorge Macri.
Jorge Macri crossed Axel Kicillof for his security management in the province of Buenos Aires
During his speech, the head of the Buenos Aires government outlined harsh criticism of his counterpart from the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, in reference to security management. In this sense, Jorge Macri adhered to the post that the Deputy Head of Government, Clara Muzzio, published yesterday in X: “The destinies of the Province and the City of Buenos Aires are united. If violence, drugs, and widespread crime grow in the Province, as happened in these two Kicillof governments, the city inevitably suffers the consequences,” denounced the Buenos Aires leaders.
“Kicillof and Kirchnerism think that the perpetrator is the victim”, added the Buenos Aires president who then returned to the charge for the safety of the City police officers: “Our police officers spend 10 hours providing security in the City and in general, they are not injured. In two hours going back and forth to their home in the Province, 11 of the 12 police officers who fell in service were murdered in the Province”, he denounced.
Source: Ambito
