Naming it this time “Calm Living,” (Vivir Tranquilo), the government is launching a new cities security program in 160 barrios nationwide. The government has identified 600 community leaders that have been asked to participate in the program.
The Government Commission for Domestic Security is coordinating the new program with the participation of Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo, Defense Minister Mayor General Ruben Paulino Sem and Interior & Police Minister Carlos Amarante Baret.
As part of Medina government security efforts, on 21 February 2017 President Medina reviewed the new 2017-2020 security program at the Presidential Palace. The new program contemplates strategies and projects to combat insecurity with a focus on prevention and persecution of crime.
A review of security programs under the Medina administration by security expert Daniel Pou published in Diario Libre establishes that these have been reactive and have continued failed schemes applied in the past decades. He said these schemes are based on police patrols and the militarization of security, actions that have failed in Latin America in general. He said there is no system to the patrols.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
22 February 2017
