Police officers in the City of Buenos Aires now have non-lethal weapons Byrna, a new tool that “allows to deter and neutralize the criminal to avoid risky situations,” according to the head of the Buenos Aires government, Jorge Macri.
Through a post on his social networks, the head of the CABA executive celebrated the measure by highlighting the importance of the arrival of these low-lethal weapons. “The only ideology that matters to us is how to give more and better security to the neighbors,” he said.
At the same time, despite the questioning of some sectors of the opposition, The mayor of Buenos Aires stressed that “Byrna is a tool that works, that is used in large cities around the world and that allows for greater security on the streets.”
The City Police officers went out this Thursday to guard the streets carrying the reduced lethality weapons called “Byrna” that can deactivate a threat from 20 meters away.
In this way, the uniformed officers already have this type of pistols and the Taser to intervene in conflict situations.
These weapons are orange in color and operate using carbon dioxide, which allows them to launch totally solid kinetic projectiles, or chemical or organic ones, such as pellets that fragment upon impact and release a substance similar to pepper spray.
They have the purpose of temporarily incapacitate or deter a person who puts his victims, the police and himself at risk.
For the uniformed officers, on the other hand, it is a measure that serves to defuse a dangerous situation without using firearms.
The police officers who went out this Thursday with the guns belong to the division of Rapid Intervention Deployment (RID) and they headed to places of greater conflict.
One of the areas where they were was near the Monumental de Núñez stadium, where the Argentine national team faced Chile in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The uniformed officers came out with those weapons and two magazines, one with plastic balls, and another with pepper spray, and there are five rounds of ammunition per cartridge.
The immediate antecedent of this type of non-lethal weapons dates back to last year with the Lanús Municipal Police.
At that time, the Secretary of Government and Security of that district, Diego Kravetzhad announced the purchase of the same and their exit to the streets to control conflict situations.
Kravetz himself, currently the Secretary of Security for Buenos Aires, decided to incorporate them into the scope of the Federal Capital.
The officers took a course on how to use them and on Thursday they were ordered to go out to patrol the streets with them.
At the time, the head of the Buenos Aires government, Jorge Macri, He highlighted on his X account that they incorporated “Byrna and Taser pistols, two types of low-lethal weapons that allow officers to respond to a threat without putting their physical integrity or that of other citizens at risk.”
“They work, they save lives and they give us more security on the streets of the City,” Macri added at the time.
Source: Ambito
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