Apparently, Next April 24 will finally be the launch of the Metropolitan Police in Valledupar. This was confirmed by Colonel Eduardo Chamorro Pinzón, commander of the Cesar Police, in the midst of the accountability period valid for 2023.
For this work, the Government of Cesar generated a contribution of 7,553 million pesos, which were invested in studies, designs, construction licenses and complementary works such as common areas.
The Mayor’s Office of Valledupar contributed 2,399 million pesos for the donation of the lot, which is a 34,285 m2 land. The contribution was during the years 2016 and 2019, during the term of office of the then mayor Agusto Daniel Ramírez, ‘Tuto Uhía’.
By The National Police contributed the sum of 105 million pesos which corresponds to the budget of phase number 1 and the beginning of phase number 2 that began on December 29, 2023, the latter corresponds to the middle part of the project where the pedestrian access, the citizen service center and an auditorium are located .
It should be noted that The authorities indicated that there is still no budget for the third phaseso it is necessary to manage the resources of 5,534 million pesos for the well-being area.
This project, which is focused on improving security and citizen coexistence, It is valued at 100,000 million pesos. The facilities will have administrative blocks, vehicular access checkpoints, accommodation for more than 200 people, a garbage deposit and an enclosure.
The Metropolitan Police, which will work in cooperation with the Cesar Police Command, It will benefit not only Valledupar but the municipalities of Agustín Codazzi, Manaure, La Paz and San Diego.
Currently the municipality has 40 quadrants. At the moment, 150 new uniformed personnel have arrived in Valledupar to be part of the Metropolitan, but they They expect about 100 more police officers to support the service.