President Gustavo Petro met with the director of the National Police, General William Salamanca and emphasized the importance of strengthening the training and professionalization of members of the police institution, as well as improving well-being for them and their families. .
President Petro asked General Salamanca to collaborate closely with the new mayors and governors with the objective of strengthening the strategy, human and technological capacity.
During the meeting, both evaluated the new security strategy of the country, which is aimed at saving lives and will be presented in the coming days. It should be noted that President Petro, on December 25, 2023, announced through his social networks that the His government’s security policy will increasingly focus on intelligencewith an emphasis on deactivating illicit economies and combating the armed organizations that support them.
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In his statements, the president emphasized the importance of strengthening the intelligence of the public force along with drug seizure operations and the destruction of laboratories. Petro stressed that these actions are essential to deactivate illicit economies and the criminal organizations that support them. Furthermore, he highlighted that this strategy must go hand in hand with social policies that truly transform the territories to achieve sustained effectiveness over time.
Salamanca has already begun to comply with the president’s order and in the midst of the possessions of the new police commanders in the different cities, he noted: “With each one we have drawn up a focused regional agenda, because the country has different expressions in crime matters. and criminal. There is a Government priority in strengthening the human talent of the Police. “We have already started the process of recruiting 20 thousand new young people.”
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