To the owners of the approximately 50 food outlets stationed on the main street of the citadel mirafloresnorth of the city, the word ‘vaccine’ los scares. That is why they say they are united and taking actions so as not to be surprised by groups of extortionists what are they planting chaos and worry in businesses in other sectors of the city.
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Instead, residents complain about little police control that has caused the thefts and assaults don’t stop
Most of the premises have installed video surveillance cameras and sirens; and has hired ‘safe guards’ who have been given vests to be identified. In addition, they have private guardianshipnot only to take care of the vehicles of diners, but also to help with the care of businesses that face a decrease in the influx of diners in a 30% so far this yeargiven the crime that has taken over the city, according to the workers.
The owners of the establishments do not want to talk about the unsafety in the sector; They only say that they are grouped into a chat that allows them to be in contact with Police Coordination 8, which sends uniformed reinforcements to patrol the area when there is a emergency.
The streets of this citadel are desolate at all hours. Only on the main avenue is there life. The police should be around the most critical areas
“At the moment we see from afar the issue of the extortions. Thank God the ‘vaccinators’ have not yet reached the sector. But we are attentive to face the problem”, mentions the owner of a restaurant located on the corner of Sixth Street, who requests that this newspaper not publish her name for security. A tent has been set up near the premises so that the three policemen who patrol the area in bicycle They can shelter from the rain and the sun during their rest.
“The idea is that the police presence in the streets to scare away the thieves”, indicates the owner of another place, who questions the decision to have placed the only Mobile Police Unit that the citadel has inside the main park, where the police receive the complaints of the residents.
The vehicle is practically hidden among the trees and plants of the green area that has an enclosure perimeter.
Inside the unit is Corporal Emanuel Urgilés, who tells EXPRESO that they moved the mobile, -which was previously installed on a sidewalk on the main avenue- as a precautionary measure against the acts of vandalism that police stations in other sectors of the city are dealing with.
In the 45 apples there is no Community Police Unit (UPC) in the citadel. The police help he receives comes from the Martha de Roldós circuit, to which he belongs, despite the fact that in Urdesa and Bellavista there are several units that they are closer and can offer a relief response that does not take longer than the protocol requires.
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This is where the discontent of the neighbors comes from, who criticize the lack of agility in police action, in the face of the increase in robberies and assaults that occur at ‘dumb hour’, of 14:00 a 16:30 y during the nights. They estimate that approximately three robberies occur daily.
“The robberies and assaults continue. Criminals ride motorcycles and often use firearms to threaten passers-by, so that they hand over their belongings such as cell phones, watches, wallets, etc. Then they flee through the desolate alleys that have little lightning”, mentions Cecilia Egües, a resident.
She denounces that the lights of various avenues are damaged and those that are not have it little intensity They do not help to offer security in the area that always goes dark. “But criminals are not only in the streets, they also enter houses to steal, even violently,” says Rosa Patrel, who lives on Seventh Street.
The streets of the citadel lack good lighting and this is taken advantage of by criminals to steal. Only the main avenue is well lit
He recounts that two weeks ago two armed thugs tried to enter his home at 10:00 p.m. “Through the video surveillance cameras we have, we were able to observe their presence and managed to scare them away,” he says.
But she says that her neighbor did not have the same luck, since the criminals stole the memory from the car that was parked within the enclosure of your house. “There should be more police presence so that the crooks let us live in peace,” he notes.
The uniformed assure that they carry out patrols daily. “We patrol by bicycle. We park in a commercial place and give priority to the places where there is the greatest movement of people”, indicates Sergeant Urgilés, who acknowledges that approximately three complaints a day, about robberies and assaults, are received by the mobile unit and that these are heard and attended immediately.
