The Buenos Aires government installed and put into operation ten security totems in different squares and parks in the City of Buenos Aires. Also called “safe points”, these devices will allow neighbors to report an incident by pressing a button that communicates the user directly with the 911 emergency service. In total, more than 200 will be installed in strategic locations.
The authorities highlighted that this early warning system in busy areas will make it possible, in addition to having a map of incidents (not just crimes), for both residents and the City Police to act more quickly in situations such as robberies or accidents. on public roads or automobiles.
In August 2023, Petrecca presented the first ‘Safe Point’ in Junín. On Jorge Newbery Street, near UNNOBA
So many times that Petrecca was accused of copying CABA initiatives, since the time of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, that now he can boast that it was the other way around: what he put into operation in Junín in 2023 first on Jorge Newbery Street between Italia and Sarmiento and then continued With the second, located in Borchex Park, now cousin Jorge decided to follow in the footsteps of the local yellow, and make a premiere that in our city, Petrecca first.
Safe Points are a technological tool that consists of the placement of supports that will allow neighbors, by pressing a button, to communicate directly with the Operations and Monitoring Center (COM) to report a traffic accident, a conflict in the public road, a criminal act, a fire or any emergency that occurs in the area; Automatically, once the button is pressed, an alarm sounds and from the COM, one of the operators contacts the neighbor to respond to the emergency. In addition, the operator is seeing it through the camera that is also installed with the safe points.
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