In an effort to have extra skilled “elite” cops that focus not solely on response but additionally on prevention, the Municipal Secretariat of Citizen Safety and Visitors of Benito Juárez, the Metropolis Council, and worldwide companies have conducted courses for 243 officers in 2023.
Alma Reynoso Zambrano, Cancún Metropolis Councilor for Safety, is happy that the town could have better-prepared cops because of the programs offered by the US Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID) and the Program for the Prevention and Discount of Violence (PREVI).
“This yr now we have already skilled 243 cops and can quickly ship one other group of about 123. Because of this, we could have extra ready cops because of the coordination and collaboration with USAID.” “However it won’t cease right here,” she stated.
Reynoso recalled that every one that is aimed toward attaining prevention. Now it isn’t a lot about retention or response, which is vital, however quite preventing to attain prevention.
Concerning the programs, she defined that some had been held on the Municipal Police Academy and others on the Municipal Secretariat of Citizen Safety and Visitors services
“It will change within the subsequent programs as a result of, with the academy certification, everybody will take the programs on the police academy, we have to strengthen everybody who’s within the secretariat,” she acknowledged.
She careworn that to date there have been two trainings in 2023, the primary group consisted of 120 and the second of 123 officers. “Earlier than sending them to the programs, it’s important to do strategic planning in order to not neglect the town and prepare them on the similar time,” she added.
