Africa-Press – Cape verde. The new Regional Commander of the National Police, in São Vicente, Maximiliano Fortes, considered that the corporation is doing “a good job” to fight crime “without the muscular and masked force that was the BAC”. The same son considers that “the need to reactivate the BAC is not a general understanding of Sanvicentina society” and states that crimes have decreased in recent months.
The Sanvicentina population has frequently resorted to social networks, asking that the Anti-Crime Brigade – BAC – return to the streets due to recent occurrences of “caçu body”, armed robbery at commercial establishments, using knives and machetes and even murders. .
It should be remembered that the BAC, currently deactivated, had been operating for some years, with covert and heavily armed interventions to try to combat crime on the island.
On the issue of reactivating this brigade, Maximiliano Fortes reiterates that “it is not a general understanding of Sanvicentina society” and states that “currently we want to work close to the people, focusing on prevention and also reacting when necessary, but with serenity, intelligence and professionalism ”.
Occurrences have decreased in recent months
On the contrary, the commander who took office on April 15th, after Firmino Melício’s retirement, guaranteed that the corporation has been in the streets and areas of Mindelo with “motivated teams, defined by sectors and fulfilling the objective of providing security, already noticed by many people”.
Proof of this, according to the National Police subintendent, is that the occurrences recorded in recent months, for example, of armed robberies at commercial establishments, “have already decreased” and the interventions have arrested suspects in flagrante delicto and some are already in custody.
“I believe that we are doing a good job without the muscular force and the masked face that was the BAC”, reiterated Maximiliano Fortes, for whom the fact that the nucleus of “ninjas” is not currently on the streets, does not mean that the police are not working.
“The need to reactivate the BAC is not a general understanding of Sanvicentina society”
Still questioned about the criticisms leveled at the core of some exaggeration in its operations, the regional commander did not want to delve into the subject and only assured that at this moment the strategy does not involve the use of this “muscled force”, but rather, the PN “acts face to face”. uncovered and with a lot of goodwill”.
“The need to reactivate the BAC is not a general understanding of the sanvicentina society, currently we want to work close to people, focusing on prevention and also reacting when necessary, but with serenity, intelligence and professionalism”, he stressed.
Security is the responsibility of all citizens
Maximiliano Fortes recalled that the issue of security is not just the responsibility of police authorities, but of all citizens, who, he underlined, “can work to prevent and reduce crimes of opportunity”.
Even so, the commander asked people to trust the PN, which has been giving its “maximum and with a focus on legality”.
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