Tag: public safety

The Local Police already have bulletproof vests for all its agents

The mayor, Salvador, together with the Councilor for Social Affairs and Public Safety, Maria Angeles Ruiz Venal, have handed over to the body of the local police the bulletproof vests recently acquired and that will serve to provide greater security to the seventeen members that make up the body.

 

The vests specially designed for use above the clothes, have protection in the chest, back and sides, providing ballistic protection, providing the police body with a level 3A safety vest.

 

The company Equipment and Equipment S.L. of Madrid, dedicated to the manufacture of police and emergency protection material, has been in charge of supplying the bulletproof vests, with a total cost of the same of € 10,819.

 

During the delivery, the mayor of the locality, Salvador Hernandez stressed, “With the acquisition of this new equipment, the city council responds to the demand that had been made by members of the local police. One more sample that this consistory continues working so that the police of the municipality continue being one of the best endowed of the entire province,” added Hernandez in safety uniform.

 

Recently, the City Council leased a new vehicle, a Peugeot 308, which gave the Local Police the best means to develop their work for the benefit of the safety and welfare of citizens.

 

Motorcyclists’ safety vests will patented

The portends legislators approved with 43 votes in favor, 13 against and 1 abstention a regulation that foresees that the motorcycle drivers who circulate in the City must wear in the reflective clothing, compulsorily, a sticker with the number of the patent of the wheeled .

 

The Legislature approved with 43 wills in favor, 13 against and one abstention. A modification to the Code of Traffic and Transport and to the Regime of Faults referred to the circulation, by means of which they looked for that motorcycle drivers that circulate in the City must wear a compulsory self-adhesive sticker with the number of the vehicle’s patent.

 

The regulation states that “in case of transporting a passenger, he must wear a reflective vest that has printed on the front and back the domain number of the motorcycle” and provides economic penalties of 5,000 pesos to those who fail to comply with the regulations and disqualification to drive from five to 10 days.

 

For his part, the author of the proposal Daniel assured that “this project does not violate any constitutional right” and explained that “the initiative has two objectives: the first of them is to contribute to security road, and the other is to promote public safety.” “This proposal can help to lower the rates of crime, probably not the only measure that makes the situation better, but will contribute in that same direction,” he said.