(Updated) Beja: weather “discontent” within the Police Intervention and Surveillance Officer of PSP.

It begins by noting the Superintendent Glory days “à Polícia de Segurança Pública compete garantir a segurança de todas as pessoas e bens à sua guarda nas áreas de sua competência territorial, and for that this PSP equipped with internal rules and procedures of personnel management and working methods, all of them aimed at achieving the same”.

The master ensures that the PSP “having not aware of the content of the "applicant" received by V. Exª, it becomes difficult to realize its scope, however I try to answer the points for themselves identified, the parts that can possibly cause doubt, therefore: The PSP is a civil security force, armed and uniformed, and as such follows the country's Law, and have management rules, de disciplina, performance and uniformity, all of them poured into rules, rules and regulations. The PSP does not, nor have statistical goals like those contained in number of "fines" and "Arrests", or any other purpose other than merely operating, in other words, number of operations performed, whether preventive or visibility. As Esquadras de Intervenção e Fiscalização Policial (EIFP), They are police units that are part of the Rapid Intervention Teams (COPPER), Brigades Environmental monitoring (bRiP), inspection teams Firearms and Explosives, Teams notifications and Private Security Teams, as such the EIR are one of the valences of said stations, e portanto integradas e fazendo parte das diversas missões que estão atribuídas a essa esquadra, whereas the EIR, them are the missions assigned to the areas of competence of the PSP and its operating strategy, so are set. Regarding withdrawals claims tv and sofas, strange as this did not happen, and as the program "Strong COPS" effectively at this time is suspended because it was understood a reassessment of the same, being taken in accordance with the conclusions of this assessment earned on”.

In response footer Superintendent Glory Days, summarizes what is the position of District Command: “In short, the charges V.Exª indicates are not to my knowledge, They came to you, when they should have in the first instance come to me, as hierarchically so it should have been, contrariando as normas e boas praticas. However it is false to claim that somehow if you want to increase the statistical fines or arrests, pois tais factos decorrem única e exclusivamente da conduta dos cidadãos e do cumprimento ou não das leis em vigor em Portugal. For the rest, the internal management of PSP and its operating methodologies, estão definidas e são aplicadas de acordo com as necessidades internas”.

Last week was held in Beja a meeting that joined ASPP and some of the representative trade unions of police professionals, having been the subject discussed in this meeting.

Paulo Rodrigues, President of ASPP, when confronted with the case, confirmed receiving “these complaints, que a serem verdade o que nos foi transmitido que há uma grande pressão interna para a prossecução de números, which is not the mission of the PSP”, justified. The union has ensured that “Quick intervention is a service that can not be descaraterizado or create instability, removes the ability reaction force”, concluded.

When confronted about the initiatives to be undertaken by the association, Paulo Rodrigues assured that they would “put the matter to the commander of the Beja command, whether aware of the situations and it is true that you are covered and what will you do to address them”, leaving a note that the answers are to cover facts raised “It will put the matter to the National Office and the Government itself”, finished.

Teixeira Correia

(journalist)