Opinion (Rogério COPETO / Official GNR): OUTSOURCING IN SAFETY
Outsourcing Subcontracting or may be defined as a practice that allows a private or public entity to transfer a your activity, that is not the main, to an external entity, lowering costs and saving resources.
Rogério COPETO
Lieutenant Colonel of the GNR
Master in Law and Security and Homeland Security Auditor
Head of the Division of Education / Training and Doctrine Command
Come this subject with regard to the article published in the Journal of News 13 April with the title "Police will combat illegal drones in the Pope's visit", where it is stated that "Portugal rents equipment to detect and neutralize small aircraft", by reason of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francisco to Fatima in days 12 and 13 May, being further added that "all the drones that use the airspace without authorization will be prevented from flying by blocking the radio frequency", thus "detection system and drones lock will be used in our country and is more than likely to fall back option in rent".
About lease option this equipment "to detect and neutralize small aircraft", tells us that article that "initially, It was raised buying hypothesis. However, on the one hand, not justified the acquisition of equipment that will only be used for large events, as is the case of the pope's visit Francisco. For another, going to invest around one million euros in technologies that would be quickly obsolete, since it is an area in constant evolution, by changing the frequency rádio.Por order, there was the fear of the authorities of, with the purchase, not be enough time to train equipment operators, which consist of two components:: detection and blocking of radio frequencies, used to control the drones. The rental is made from a state ally for security reasons, It can not be identified". The article ends by stating that "It is yet to decide who will have operational responsibility of these media, a GNR ou a Força Aérea, since the direct operation of the equipment will always be in charge of experts of the company that rents equipment".
In recent years much has been said the use of drones, in countless applications, It is the most famous used by the US military in the Iraq war or Afghanistan, in addition to various civilian uses which may also have, such as the collection of images.
In addition to the armed forces, also the security forces have studied the various possibilities of use of such equipment, which can have various names, It is "drone" the most common, is however not one of the names that can be found in article 2 of the Regulation 1093/2016, of 14 December 2016, which entered into force on 13 January 2017, and identifying the various equipment as being a 'model airplane", remotely piloted aircraft, to 25 kg, for display, competition or recreational activities, an "aircraft toy", remotely piloted aircraft, without combustion engine, lower weight 250 gr, intended for use by children under the age of 14 year old, an "unmanned aircraft", which is designed to be remotely piloted or "Remotely piloted aircraft or Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), piloted from a remote pilot station.
So, and taking into account the various uses that the drones may have, GNR has been associated repeatedly, in recent years, as a user of this equipment, whether in fire prevention, whether in the monitoring of the fauna and flora, how recently it was said in the article Lusa 8 April and broadcast on SIC News titled "Drones will monitor and evaluate species and ecosystems", which states that "the League for the Protection of Nature want to use 'drones', with specific characteristics, to monitor species and ecosystems review, allowing reach remote areas and increase the degree of rigor", being that "thes devices will be operated by the GNR, therefore a security framework, and at an altitude than the 'drones' most common, as well as integrate technological solutions related to the engines, to be silent, explained the president of the LPN".
In view of the exponential increase in the use of drones by individuals and the constant abuses and violations, the National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) We saw in the contingency, quickly enough to, proceed to control the use of drones by private, falling to the GNR and PSP its inspection, as stated in article Exam Computer 16 December 2016, entitled "It is for the GNR and PSP to the supervision of drones", that by reason of the publication of the aforementioned Regulation 1093/2016, published an interview with Luis Miguel Ribeiro, President of ANAC, which states that it was "the need to move forward with a national regulation to prevent legal vacuum, while the European Commission does not legislate on the matter".
On "qho are you going to monitor the implementation of the new drones operating regulations?", President ANAC replies "The oversight responsibility of the security forces on the ground. ANAC has no police force that can be in every country, to make such supervision. So compete to PSP, the GNR or maritime authorities do surveillance. In cases under military jurisdiction compete to own military entities do it. This is normal. Also the highway code is supervised by PSP and the GNR".
Despite the president of ANAC noted that surveillance is the responsibility of GNR and PSP, in paragraph Regulation 1093/2016 nothing is said about it, there only the artº 13 which states that "Violation of determinations, instructions or orders ANAC contained in this Regulation, as well as all those that are inherent in the fulfillment of the same, constitutes a serious civil aeronautics administrative offense or very serious, under Article 7 of Decree-Law No. 10/2004, of 9 January". What about the analogy made to the Highway Code (EC) it should be noted that it expressly provides for GNR and PSP, among others, enforcement of its rules, and the existence of this standard essential to legitimize the same oversight.
In addition to the analogy used by the ANAC President of the EC, add that to the GNR and PSP can inspect the offenses in Regulation 1093/2016, you must equip this two security forces with equipment for detection of offenses against the same, like those that exist for detecting infringements to EC, such as the "speed camera". So we consider, the acquisition of equipment by the GNR and PSP, for detecting and blocking drones will happen sooner or later, verifying so for now and for reasons of legitimate justifications provided, You have opted for outsourcing of a company to do.
