Opinion (Rogério COPETO): ROAD ACCIDENTS WITH ANIMALS
Jul21

Opinion (Rogério COPETO): ROAD ACCIDENTS WITH ANIMALS

On Christmas Day 2013 on National Highway No. 114, between Évora and Montemor-o-Novo was the most burdensome road accident with animals this year, involving two passenger cars and a horse on the loose, causing four deaths and four serious injuries.

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Opinion (Rogério COPETO): The theft of precious metals.
Jul14

Opinion (Rogério COPETO): The theft of precious metals.

The base metals theft targets any infrastructure or equipment containing metal, and copper, one that generates higher profits and therefore be called "red gold", although not a precious metal.

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Rogério COPETO (Opinion): PREDADORES ONLINE
Jul07

Rogério COPETO (Opinion): PREDADORES ONLINE

Using a simple analogy to realize, surf the internet can be compared to navigate a vast ocean, aboard a small vessel rowing, where during our trip are numerous dangers, but also those who help us and even making friends along the way.

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Opinion (Rogério COPETO): IN MEMORIAM
Jun22

Opinion (Rogério COPETO): IN MEMORIAM

Makes day 23 June, exactly a year, a road Évora district took the life to the Main Guard Maria João Moura and the Main Guard Antonio Godinho, when they fulfilled the most noble mission of the National Republican Guard, serving this text to mark the 1st anniversary of his death and pay tribute to two great military and excellent human beings, that we are keen to never forget.

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Opinion (Ten.Cor. Rogério COPETO): VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERLY.
Jun16

Opinion (Ten.Cor. Rogério COPETO): VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERLY.

The purpose of the International Awareness Day for the Prevention of Violence Against Elderly, to be marked on Monday, 15 de junho damos a conhecer o Relatório denominado “Vitimização Criminal dos Idosos em Portugal: Crimes Participados às Forças de Segurança em 2011”, dated March 2013 and the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Rogério COPETO Lieutenant Colonel GNR, Mestre em Direito e Segurança e Auditor de Segurança Interna Chefe da Divisão de Ensino/ Comando da Doutrina e Formação Este relatório será porventura um dos estudos mais completos sobre a criminalidade praticada contra idosos (+65) in 2011, the data have been analyzed from the Homeland Security Annual Report 2011 and especially the data provided by the GNR and the PSP for its preparation, for the year 2011, concluding the report that year, although the elderly population represents about 19% the resident population in Portugal, only 6,5% of participatory crime to the police as victims were elderly people. According to the Census 2011, Portugal, like other countries in Southern Europe, It presents an aging frame rather sharp, in that, the elderly population is 19% (it is expected that in the thirties represent 24,2%) the resident population in the country and young people only 14,9%, It is the districts of the countryside (Bragança, Watch, Portalegre, Évora, Beja and Vila Real) the most aged, with aging rates of over 170 by elderly 100 young (0 – 14 year old). The aging population and the vulnerabilities associated with this age group must have consequences in the sense of (in)security. And the main risk factors of the elderly relate to social isolation, the attacker depend on the victim, the history of violence between spouses, cohabitation, factors that cause stress or economic tensions, substance abuse or mental illness caregiver, the precarious state of health and functional impairment and cognitive impairment. So, and considering the special vulnerability of the elderly crime, a GNR desenvolve, from 1996, o programa denominado por “Apoio 65 – Elderly Safety ", a proximity policing program focused on the safety of this population, based on a philosophy of preventive policing and awareness aimed at the elderly and the community where integrate. The objectives of this program are achieved based on the knowledge of the reality of older people and a personalized support, guaranteeing them security and sensitizing them to adopt behaviors to prevent or reduce any criminal practices that they can focus on. As already mentioned in 2011 only 6,5% the elderly population was the victim of crime, representing the elderly population about 19% da...

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