Serpa: Three posts of GNR county without own vehicles. command answers.
Three posts in the municipality of Serpa GNR not have their own vehicles for service. The Territorial Command responds that there are breakdowns and Detachment vehicles instead.
The GNR posts Grouping Vila Verde Ficalho, Vila Nova de S. Benedict and Sinks, belonging to the Territorial Command Beja, It is without its own vehicles to conduct patrols. The news was published by the online edition of the Journal News (JN).
According to the newspaper, this time the three stations operate only with a car, assigned to another post, that has to patrol about nearly a thousand square kilometers.
"There are about 25 military three distinct areas that have to share a single car, creating difficulties the guards ". Is that, according to information obtained by JN, the military has to go get the other guards located in other posts, whenever it is necessary to go to an event. And the JN found, the military also complain that the lack of own vehicles prevents policing buttes, one that to move through the area from end to end Grouping, the military take about two hours.
Contacted hair JN, the South Delegation coordinator of the Association of Professional Guard António Barreira said “There is a programming law for facilities and equipment, and that this law should be applied urgently. This year, for GNR was not spent a penny under this law. This is the result of the divestment of several years and not only in those places but all over the country”, said the head.
The Lidador News contacted the Territorial Command Beja GNR, and through the Public Relations, Captain Daniel Ferreira, contests the situation, arguing that "there is a dynamic fleet of the car and there is a current situation, What are the faults ", explaining that "there is no, but two cars Detachment of Moura, to strengthen that grouping ", concluded.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
